1. Stop Smoking Wales support Daniel Clayton – Health Promotion Practitioner
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2. Brief Intervention Training – Adult Smoking
Wales = 23%
16% of adults smoking is a 2020 target set by Welsh Government...
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3. What is in a cigarette? Brief Intervention Training
Discuss What’s in a cigarette using Handout 3
Advise about the “Ingredients Game” in their packs
Approximately 4000 chemical compounds have been identified in cigarette smoke of which over 40 are known to cause cancer. The above are just a few.
There are 3 main components of cigarette smoke:
tar
carbon monoxide
nicotine
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4. Specialist support and pharmacotherapy provide highest quit rates
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5. Stop Smoking Wales 1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013
57.5% (4,043) quit at 4 weeks (self reported)
31.6% of those eligible for 12 month follow up reported that they were still not smoking after a year
3% Give up on their own no professional help or treatment
(Stop Smoking Wales Annual Report, 2012) 5

6. What does the service offer?
Free NHS service
Clients can be referred to the service or self refer
Sessions held during the day and early evening most weekdays
1:1s for under 16s
Local community & healthcare venues
Delivered by experienced smoking cessation advisors
Handout 13: Course overview – support sessions
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7. What does the service offer?
Intensive behavioural support to smokers motivated to quit
Group or one-to-one sessions
Information on Nicotine Replacement
Therapy (NRT), Bupropion (ZybanTM)
and Varenicline (ChampixTM)
Handout 13: Course overview – support sessions
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8. We are not AA! Course overview Brief Intervention Training
Week 1: Preparation to stop smoking. Agreeing a quit date by the following week
Week 2: Discussion on withdrawal symptoms and changing daily routines, to prevent the association with the habit of smoking, smoking triggers, avoiding weight gain, NOT One PUFF rule
Weeks 3–5: Mutual encouragement and sharing of experiences relating to quitting, such as coping strategies, avoiding triggers, stress busting
Week 6: Staying quit discussion and CO monitor test to validate 4 week quit status
We are not AA!
12 month follow up and further support
Week 1: preparation for quit date, reasons for quitting, checking pharmacological products, behavioural techniques, previous quit attempts, carbon monoxide monitoring
Week 2:quit date, reinforcing reasons to quit, checking pharmacological products, withdrawal symptoms, coping strategies, avoiding risky situations, alcohol, being around smokers, carbon monoxide monitoring
Weeks 3–5: discuss progress to date, benefits of quitting, checking pharmacological products, withdrawal symptoms, weight gain, stress management, carbon monoxide monitoring
Week 6:relapse prevention techniques, previous experience of relapse, coping with situations (such as holidays, Christmas ,family crisis/bereavement), future strategies, carbon monoxide monitoring, discharge letters
Clients will be given a letter and a discharge letter for the complete amount of pharmacotherapy. Clients will not been given a letter if still smoking or blow a score about 7PPM
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9. 200 call back requests resulting in 160 appointments
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10. Social Media Please like and follow our Facebook
and Twitter pages to engage with SSW and our
clients
facebook.com/dimsmygucwm
facebook.com/stopsmokingwales
@dimsmygucwm
@stopsmokingw
Please have a look around at both sides for further info and training regarding smoking cessation and Brief Advice.
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11. Contact details Free phone: 0800 085 2219 www.stopsmokingwales.com
Resources available:
Referral cards / SSW leaflets
Posters / Training
Please use SSW for info, resources, questions or queries
If you have any queries about today or tricky questions from clients or want some more info such as cards/posters etc then contact the freephone number or myself on my number and address. I can’t guarantee an immediate response but I will get back to you.
We’re passionate, dedicated and we are here to help.
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ASH Wales’s Quit for Wales campaign has been in touch with 120 businesses/organisations around Wales encouraging them to offer quit smoking support for their employees. All information plus the map of all the businesses across Wales is available at We also have a campaign video featuring the Wales rugby squad which we used to promote the campaign which you would be welcome to use if you can credit ASH Wales!
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