{"id":12646,"date":"2020-07-06T12:54:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T11:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stockportccg.nhs.uk\/practicehub\/?page_id=12646"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:24:06","slug":"smoking-cessation-stop-smoking-update","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/learning-and-development-portfolio\/smoking-cessation-stop-smoking-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking Cessation \u2013 How to Support in Primary Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1585223103967 vc_row-has-fill\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Target Audience\/Eligibility Criteria<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This session is suitable for health care professionals working in general practice whose role includes assisting patients to stop smoking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Aim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This session will provide health care professionals working in General Practice with the knowledge and skills to support their patients with smoking cessation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This session will cover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Making smoking history by 2030<\/li>\n<li>Why smokers find it difficult to stop<\/li>\n<li>Vapes<\/li>\n<li>The use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)<\/li>\n<li>Varenicline<\/li>\n<li>Cytisine<\/li>\n<li>Brief intervention and referral<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Duration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 hour 30 minutes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trainer\/Facilitator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Woodworth, Professional Lead &#8211; Smoking Cessation Services, ABL Health<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date\/Time\/Venue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be confirmed. Please email\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:gmicb-sto.learningdevelopment@nhs.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gmicb-sto.learningdevelopment@nhs.net<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and we will add you to the wait list.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This course is free of charge for all those who work in Stockport General Practices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booking Process\/Additional Information<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bookings for this course should be made via Ticket Tailor, using this booking link &#8211; <em>(a link will be available once a date has been confirmed).<\/em>\u00a0Enquiries can be made via e-mail to\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:gmicb-sto.learningdevelopment@nhs.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gmicb-sto.learningdevelopment@nhs.net<\/a><\/strong><\/span> or 07393 798115.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n   ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Target Audience\/Eligibility Criteria\u00a0 This session is suitable for health care professionals working in general practice whose role includes assisting patients to stop smoking. &nbsp; Course Aim [...]","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":0,"parent":12380,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12646"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25213,"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12646\/revisions\/25213"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}