Developing services of quitline. The best practice of organizing activities in Lithuania: projects, actions and programmes Lithuania, 2010

Content BIRTH BEGINNING DEVELOPMENT FINANCE ACTIVITIES

BIRTH Lithuanian Quitline was born in 2006; OBJECTIVES: to provide help, support and advises for those who want to quit smoke; to train health care and education professionals and to create their network, that could help and support those smokers who want to quit; to organize activities (actions, competitions etc.) orientated to prevention and primary intervention of smoking ;

BEGINNING (2006) NO consulting system for school community, health professionals, social workers and NO abilities for training courses; NO Public Health institutions on a Governmental level; NO finances; NO attitude and values;

DEVELOPMENT We joined European Network of Quitlines in 2006; Lithuanian Quitline organised trainings Forming attitude on Healthy lifestyle- help for smoking quiters in 2008, 2009 in 8 cities of Lithuania; more then 3000 of medics, pedagogues,social workers, socialeducators, policemen and etc. had possibility to improve their qualification on training courses; Methodical material-handbook The strengthening of addicted personality was published;

FINANCE LITHUANIAN QUITLINE BUDGET

I was born non smoker T-shirts for newborns; 9 years tradition; All Public Health biuros participates;

Flower instead of cigarette On 31st of May about 5000 white flowers with Quitlines number on it were given to smokers in cities; 27 biuros were involved;

Take care of Yourself Pupils were spreading leaflets about Quitline in there living areas; 25 biuros were participating;

Smoke free Europeans Awards more then leaflets about tobacco damage and Quitline information were spread; 25 biuros were participating;

The hands of friendship Youth is educated to become lectures for their younger colleagues; About 2000 of pupils participated and they all spread information about Quitline;

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