Research and practice implications
depression, anxiety
These findings further our understanding of the active ingredients and processes for behaviour change in integrated smoking and mental health interventions. In terms of clinical practice, we have outlined the strategies and the therapeutic stance that could be embedded and emphasized in manualized interventions to optimize therapeutic benefits. Findings indicate that practitioners should not assume that having anxiety or depression means that individuals are not ready or motivated to quit smoking. These processes are currently being implemented in the ESCAPE trial; however, a full‐scale trial is required to investigate the effectiveness of these components. Future research in this area should strive to recruit people from diverse cultural backgrounds and include a longer‐term follow‐up.