Starting a conversation with your patients
Ask, Advise, Help is a quick way for health professionals to form the basic structure for brief advice on smoking cessation care.
Health professionals can start a conversation to encourage all patients who smoke or vape to make a quit attempt, including those who have previously tried. As there is currently limited research specifically on evidence for vaping cessation, it is reasonable to apply the same strategies that are used for smoking cessation (for example: brief advice, behavioural intervention, pharmacotherapy) to support vaping cessation.
See the Ask, Advise, Help 3 Step Brief Advice for Smoking Cessation chart (PDF).
PSA has just released updated Professional practice guidelines for pharmacists: nicotine dependence support, to guide pharmacists in meeting their professional obligations and provide nicotine dependence support to patients. Start the conversations with your patients today and refer to the updated PSA guidelines on nicotine dependence support.