Nicotine / THR - Guides for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals

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Reminder: Using NRT (Nicotine Replacement Therapy) is a form of THR (Tobacco Harm Reduction).

Healthcare Professionals

Doctors, Nurses, Clinics, Hospitals

ENDS (Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems), E-Cigarettes, Vapes

2023: NCSCT (UK): Vaping: a guide for health and social care professionals

  • This briefing is specifically written to summarise information and address issues relevant to health and social care professionals and to stop smoking practitioners in particular.

2023: Video by Dr. Oyston: A Physicians Guide to Safer Nicotine Products for People Who Smoke

  • Covers smoking, stigma, facts about nicotine, and how to help people who smoke.

2023: Hey Doc: Do You Really Want to Stop Your Patients From Smoking?

  • Explains the various types of reduced-risk nicotine products and how they might help some people stop smoking.

2017: E-cigarettes and non-combustible inhaled tobacco products

  • "This updated guidance seeks to give clinicians the current understanding about where ECs may help with smoking cessation and the current understanding in regards to their safety."

2016: Electronic cigarettes A guide for discussions with patients

  • "Electronic cigarettes (ECs) may be an option for smokers who want to quit but who have failed using first-line therapies. GPs can have a role in providing patients with reliable information about ECs, supporting them in a quit attempt and prescribing nicotine solution."

Nicotine or Traditional NRT

2023: Inclusive Language for Medical & Health Education: An Evolving Guide

  • Covers how to talk with or about patients

2020: Nicotine Risk Misperception Among US Physicians

2007: Advice on using over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy-patch, gum, or lozenge-to quit smoking

  • Explains how to use, clears up misperceptions, discusses safety

Supporting People Before, During, and After Pregnancy

ENDS (Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems), E-Cigarettes, Vapes

Using e-cigarettes before, during and after pregnancy

  • Provides links to guides and infographics for maternity and healthcare professionals. Also, it provides information for pregnant people and their families.

2023: NCSCT (UK): Vaping: a guide for health and social care professionals

  • This briefing is specifically written to summarise information and address issues relevant to health and social care professionals and to stop smoking practitioners in particular. Includes a section on pregnancy.

Supporting People Living With Mental Health Conditions

Supporting People Living With Substance or Alcohol Use Disorders

Tobacco Harm Reduction

2024: Webinar from the Safer From Harm Coalition: New Approaches to Tobacco Smoking Cessation Among People Who Use Drugs

  • "Some clinicians and practitioners who work with people who use drugs are integrating patient-centered tobacco harm reduction into their approaches. This panel will showcase two such people, who will discuss the current evidence about reduced-risk nicotine products, how they decide whether or when to explore tobacco harm reduction with patients and clients, and how people who use drugs respond to these concepts."

Cessation Services - Public Health

Training Programs

2019: NCSCT (UK) STANDARD TREATMENT PROGRAMME A guide to providing behavioural support for smoking cessation

Information Guides

2023: NCSCT (UK): Vaping: a guide for health and social care professionals

  • This briefing is specifically written to summarise information and address issues relevant to health and social care professionals and to stop smoking practitioners in particular.

Cessation Services - Nontraditional such as Vape Shops

Exploring the Possibility

2024: Developing a vape shop-based smoking cessation intervention: a Delphi study

  • "There was consensus that the service should comprise both product (98%) and behavioural support (97%)...Delivering vape-shop based smoking cessation interventions could help to maximise the effectiveness of e-cigarettes for quitting smoking."

2023: How should a vape shop-based smoking cessation intervention be delivered? A qualitative study

  • The results suggest that the intervention should be delivered by vape shop workers with mandatory training with the support of stop smoking service providers...The intervention should comprise both technical guidance on using a vape and behavioural support to prevent a return to smoking.

Stop Smoking Service and Vape Shops - A Team Effort

Year?: Working with vape shops: A guide for commissioners and stop smoking services

  • Most staff in these shops are vapers, having stopped smoking themselves, and they are generally keen to help others become ex-smokers.
  • Alternative link

Social Services and Social Care

General

2023: NCSCT (UK): Vaping: a guide for health and social care professionals

  • This briefing is specifically written to summarise information and address issues relevant to health and social care professionals and to stop smoking practitioners in particular.

Supporting People Experiencing Unstable Housing

Adoption and Foster Care - “Substitute Carers”

Educators

Michael F. Pesko

  • "(1/Thread): Hey health policy/econ professors, ever considered adding an #ecig section to your health course? Here is a slide deck for you: http://bit.ly/3pCsIGV. Feel free to use any part of this in your own courses to spread knowledge about this important/interesting topic. #econtwitter" (Note: This doc always links to a clickable link for an updated version)
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