Population Screening Act: a stop-smoking strategy as part of the national cervical cancer screening programme

The department of General Practice of the Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam intends to examine the effect of a smoking cessation intervention as part of the national cervical cancer screening programme. The intervention consists of smoking cessation advice and services. The outcomes measures include effectiveness, acceptability, and feasibility of the intervention. The Committee on Population Screening of the Health Council advises the State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport to grant a permit under a few conditions.