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This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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International
●World Health Organization (WHO): Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI)
●Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS): A position statement on electronic cigarettes (2014)
●The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union): Position statement on electronic cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems (2014)
●WHO: Recommendations for the prevention and management of tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure in pregnancy (2013)
●The Union: Guide for smoking cessation and smokefree environments for tuberculosis patients, 2nd edition (2010)
Canada
●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on tobacco use and misuse among Indigenous children and youth in Canada (2017, reaffirmed 2024)
●CPS: Position statement on protecting children and adolescents against the risks of vaping (2021)
●Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC): Recommendations on behavioural interventions for the prevention and treatment of cigarette smoking among school-aged children and youth (2017)
●CPS: Practice point on strategies to promote smoking cessation among adolescents (2016, reaffirmed 2022)
●Canadian Action Network for the Advancement, Dissemination, and Adoption of Practice-informed Tobacco Treatment (CAN-ADAPTT): Canadian smoking cessation clinical practice guideline (2012)
●Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS): Position statement on smoking cessation and the cardiovascular specialist (2011)
United States
●American Cancer Society (ACS): Nicotine replacement therapy for quitting tobacco
●ACS: Position statement on electronic cigarettes
●American Lung Association (ALA): Quit smoking
●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Cessation materials for state tobacco control programs
●National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): Tobacco/nicotine and vaping
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical report on protecting children and adolescents from tobacco and nicotine (2023)
●AAP: Policy statement on protecting children and adolescents from tobacco and nicotine (2023)
●AAP: Technical report on protecting children and adolescents from tobacco and nicotine (2023)
●American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM): Tobacco or marijuana use and infertility – A committee opinion (2023)
●American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA): Statement on smoking cessation (2008, amended 2023)
●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on interventions for tobacco smoking cessation in adults, including pregnant persons (2021)
●American Thoracic Society (ATS): Clinical practice guideline for initiating pharmacologic treatment in tobacco-dependent adults (2020)
●US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Smoking cessation – A report of the surgeon general (2020)
●USPSTF: Final recommendation statement for prevention and cessation of tobacco use in children and adolescents – Primary care interventions (2020)
●AAP: Policy statement on e-cigarettes and similar devices (2019)
●American College of Cardiology (ACC): Expert consensus decision pathway on tobacco cessation treatment (2018)
●American Heart Association (AHA): A scientific statement on cardiovascular consequences of childhood secondhand tobacco smoke exposure – Prevailing evidence, burden, and racial and socioeconomic disparities (2016)
●AAP: Policy statement on electronic nicotine delivery systems (2015)
●American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO): A policy statement on electronic nicotine delivery systems (2015)
●American Diabetes Association (ADA): Position statement on the foundations of care – Education, nutrition, physical activity, smoking cessation, psychosocial care, and immunization (2015)
●AHA/American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF): Guideline for secondary prevention and risk reduction therapy for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease, update (2011)
●American College Health Association (ACHA): Position statement on tobacco on college and university campuses (2011)
Europe
●World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)
●European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP): Guidelines for treating tobacco dependence (2020)
●European Respiratory Society (ERS): Statement on smoking cessation in COPD and other pulmonary diseases and in smokers with comorbidities who find it difficult to quit (2015)
●European Psychological Association (EPA): Guidance on tobacco dependence and strategies for smoking cessation in people with mental illness (2014)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on tobacco – Preventing uptake, promoting quitting, and treating dependence (2021, updated 2025)
●NICE: Quality standard on tobacco – Treating dependence (2022)
●British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP): Guidelines on the management of weight gain, metabolic disturbances and cardiovascular risk associated with psychosis and antipsychotic drug treatment (2016)
●NICE: Quality standard on smoking – Reducing and preventing tobacco use (2015)
Australia–New Zealand
●Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP): Supporting smoking cessation – A guide for health professionals, 2nd edition
●Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG): Best practice statement on smoking and pregnancy (2020)
●RACGP: Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity (SNAP) – A population health guide to behavioural risk factors in general practice, 2nd edition (2015)
Japan
●Japanese Circulation Society (JCS): Guidelines for smoking cessation, 2010 (published 2012)
