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Offering free nicotine patches or intensive counselling to smokers calling the English NHS helpline does not help them quit, a study in the BMJ says.
University of Nottingham researchers found that this additional support - on top of what is already offered - had no effect on numbers giving up smoking.
More than 2,500 smokers were followed up over one year.
The Department of Health said it would not now offer any extra services.
The Department of Health and the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, in Nottingham, funded the study to find out if the support offered currently by the NHS Smoking Helpline could be improved.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17475241
University of Nottingham researchers found that this additional support - on top of what is already offered - had no effect on numbers giving up smoking.
More than 2,500 smokers were followed up over one year.
The Department of Health said it would not now offer any extra services.
The Department of Health and the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, in Nottingham, funded the study to find out if the support offered currently by the NHS Smoking Helpline could be improved.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17475241