These briefings describe how to deliver Very Brief Advice on Smoking (VBA+) and provide examples how the ASK, ADVISE and ACT model can be tailored to different population groups.
We also have a comprehensive suite of short VBA+ training modules on our e-learning site.
We have produced a series of practical briefings and guidance for health and social care professionals who help people to stop smoking. These cover many of the key issues that arise when giving information, advice and support to people who smoke.
The first of these is the Standard Treatment Programme that describes how you deliver the behaviour change techniques needed to maximise your clients' changes of quitting.
To find out more about the briefings, and to read them online or as a PDF free of charge , click on the links below.
These complementary briefings provide practitioners and managers with an overview of supporting patients admitted to smokefree premises and maximising the chances of cessation, managing temporary abstinence and implementing and maintaining smokefree policies.
These complementary briefings both provide practitioners with an overview of cannabis products and methods of harm reduction, and guidance and practical considerations for stop smoking services when developing policies for discussing and recording cannabis use with service users.
Below is a briefing for front line staff that complements our online training module on Very Brief Advice on Smoking for Pregnant Women. We have also tailored a Standard Treatment Programme for Pregnant Women that describes how you deliver the behaviour change techniques needed to maximise your clients' changes of quitting.