Smoking Cessation Support Enhancement
Helping people quit smoking and vaping
AMSANT coordinates Smoking Cessation Support Enhancement in health services across the NT, through training, resources, reimbursement of NRT hosting a Community of Practice.
Other Webinars & Online Training
NACCHO – Good Medicine Better Health: Quit Smoking
- Access: NACCHO Online Learning
- Format: 3 interactive learning modules (approx. 30 mins each)
- Topics:
- Module 1 – Supporting the Quit Smoking Journey
- Harms of smoking
- Benefits of quitting
- Module 1 – Supporting the Quit Smoking Journey
- Applying brief advice
- Module 2 – Stop-Smoking Medicines
- Nicotine dependence & withdrawal
- Medicine options & other supports
- Module 3 – Smoking and Pregnancy
- Harms during pregnancy
- Benefits of quitting while pregnant
- Medicine options for pregnant clients
Key Details:
- Account required (no NACCHO membership needed)
- Endorsed by National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners (NAATSIHWP) and counts towards CPD hours
NACCHO-RACGP National Guide to preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: Smoking and Vaping: Smoking and Vaping
- Access: RACGP Webinar Series
- Format:2-part video series (approx. 40 mins total)
- Topics:
- Part 1
- Harms of smoking
- Public health approachesd
- AAH (Ask, Advise, Help) brief advice model
- NRT dependence, cessation medications
- E-cigarettes: regulations & evidence
- Part 2: Case study
- Part 1
- Details:
- PNo account needed
- Endorsed by NAATSIHWP (self-record CPD)
Quit Centre Online Modules
- Access: Quit Centre Training
- Format: 3 interactive learning modules (60–90 mins each)
- Topics:
- Module 1 – Smoking Cessation Brief Advice
- Health and social harms of smoking
- 3-step brief advice model (Ask, Advise, Help)
- Pharmacotherapy & drug interactions
- Module 2 – Vapes: Considerations for Health Professionals
- Vape components & trends
- Risks & harms
- Therapeutic vapes, clinical guidelines & regulations
- Vaping cessation approaches
- Module 3 – Supporting Pregnant Women
- Smoking prevalence in pregnancy
- Health impacts
- Brief advice & behavioral interventions
- Pharmacotherapy considerations
- Responding to common scenarios and myths
- Module 1 – Smoking Cessation Brief Advice
- Details:
- RACGP & ACRRM accredited and CPD hours
- Account required
Quit Webinar: GP Supervisors - supporting registrars to provide smoking cessation care
- Access: Quit Webinar Recordings
- Format: 2-part series (53 mins each) available as a video or podcast
- Topics:
- Module 1 – Smoking Cessation Brief Advice
- Brief advice (AAH)
- Assessing nicotine dependence and appropriate pharmacotherapy
- Communication techniques: motivational interviewing, working with resistant patients, psychoeducation
- Part 2: Case study
- Module 1 – Smoking Cessation Brief Advice
- Details:
- No account needed
RACGP Webinar: Reducing Smoking & Vaping in Pregnancy
- Access: Training module to support pregnant women to stop… | Quit Centre
- Format: 1-hour video recording
- Topics:
- Prevalence & risks of smoking and vaping in pregnancy
- Vaping legislation and clinical practice
- Brief advice (AAH) & communication techniques
- Evidence-based vaping and smoking cessation interventions including behavioral support and NRT
- NRT safety and dosage during pregnancy and while breastfeeding
- Case study
- Details:
- Account needed
Get in touch
To talk about tackling Indigenous smoking activities or how the program can support your service or community to go smoke-free, contact the TIS team within AMSANT’s workforce and leadership support (WALS) unit. Contact button here