The Smoke Free North East Office: a model of good practice for England.

这项研究利用了一个独特的机会？以加州控烟办公室（TCO）为蓝本，成立东北无烟办公室（SFNEO），该办公室已在美国试验成功。但在英国的情况下，这种模式的效果如何？本研究对SFNEO的运作和动态、对当地环境、利益相关者和机构的适应以及干预措施的质量进行了深入的描述和分析。它的目的是评估SFNEO在头三年的运作中有多成功，以及它在其他地方转移的潜力，以及潜在的问题和陷阱。SFNEO正在开发中，其研究和评价咨询委员会（见研究合作者名单）在确定该研究的目的和目标方面发挥了重要作用。许多组织正在合作建立SFNEO，他们和他们在英国其他地方的同行将成为这项研究的受益者。其他地区正热切地等待SFNEO是否会执行，如果会执行，该提案将通过英格兰其他八个地区烟草控制协调员网络传播这项研究的结果。一个项目指导小组将监督研究的进展和发展。这将包括来自SFNEO的研究、评价咨询和管理指导小组的成员，包括非专业成员。在今天的英国，烟草使用仍然是导致疾病和死亡的唯一最重要的可预防原因，在英国地区，东北部承受着最大的负担。了解SFNEO所代表的干预措施的有效性及其向其他地区的潜在可转移性，可能对联合王国的健康和保健产生重大影响。

This study takes advantage of a unique opportunity ? the formation of a Smoke Free North East Office (SFNEO) modelled on the California Tobacco Control Office (TCO) that has been trialled successfully in the USA. But how effective is the model when applied in the UK context? This study provides an in-depth description and analysis of the workings and dynamics of the SFNEO, its adaptation to local environments, stakeholders and institutions, and the quality of its interventions. It aims to assess how successful the SFNEO is in its first three years of operation, and its potential for transferability elsewhere, alongwith potential problems and pitfalls. The SFNEO is under development, and its research and evalaution advisory committee (see list of research collaborators) has been instrumental in defining the aims and objectives of the study. A large number of organizations are collaborating in the establishment of the SFNEO and they and their counterparts elsewhere in the UK will be the beneficiaries of the research. Other regions are waiting eagerly to see whether and if so how the SFNEO performs, and the dissemination of the results of this study through the network of the other eight regional tobacco control co-ordinators in England is built into the proposal. A project steering group will oversee the progress and development of the research. This will comprise a balance of members from the SFNEO s research and evaluation advisory and management steering groups, including lay members. Tobacco use remains the single most important preventable cause of illness and death in the UK today and of the English regions, the North East bears the greatest burden. Understanding how effective an intervention the SFNEO represents, and its potential transferability to other regions, could have a major impact on health and healthcare in the UK.