The Health Development Agency has recently published a 25 page report 'Standard for training in smoking cessation treatments'.

Until now, there has not been a coordinated approach to the content or quality of training in this field. The standard covers three levels of smoking cessation advice, brief interventions, intensive one to one support and advice and group interventions.

Copies are available free of charge from hda@twoten.press.net, ISBN 1-84279-228-8.