Tobacco Control CD Week 22
Tobacco Control
CD Week 22
Smoking, Pregnancy and Fertility
Quitnow
• Australian Government Initiative • Various tools to calculate:
– Effects of smoking– Level of addiction– Financial Cost– Email reminders – Information about services
• Quitcoach:– Personalised quit plans– Email reminders
Role of health professionals in smoking cessation:
• Advice on quitting: – Distribution of information– Providing a plan– Support for those with mental illness
• Medication advice: – Nicotine replacement therapy– Prescription medication: • Varenicline (Champix) or Bupropion
Perceived barriers to involvement
How might these be addressed?
Reflections on GP Placements
• What have we observed so far?
Challenges in specific population groups
• Prison inmates• Pregnant Women• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Australians• Maori peoples• Arabic-speaking Australians