Quality standard

Update information

Update information

December 2022: This quality standard updates and replaces NICE's quality standards on smoking: supporting people to stop and smoking: harm reduction. Statements prioritised in 2013 and 2015 were replaced. The topic was identified for update following a review of quality standards. The review identified:

  • updated guidance on tobacco

  • that the quality standards on smoking: supporting people to stop and smoking: harm reduction should be combined.

Statements are marked as:

  • [new 2022] if the statement covers a new area for quality improvement

  • [2013, updated 2022] if the statement covers an area for quality improvement included in the 2013 quality standard on smoking: supporting people to stop and has been updated

  • [2015, updated 2022] if the statement covers an area for quality improvement included in the 2015 quality standard on smoking: harm reduction and has been updated.

The previous versions of the quality standards for smoking: supporting people to stop and smoking: harm reduction are available as pdfs.