Date: 1 May 2009
Venue: All Nations Centre, Sachville Avenue, Cardiff
As smoking rates decline due to a combination of vivid anti-smoking multi-media advertising, taxation, litigation, education and humour it is evident that disadvantaged groups, mostly of lower socio-economic status, such as migrants and those with mental illnesses, as well as other substance abusers, amongst them, need to be the target of continuing campaigns and cessation endeavours.
Our current target smoker may suffer significant behavioural and physical co-morbidities. We know smokers are not a homogeneous group, may range from mild to severe tobacco dependency, and may have complex neuropsychopharmacological interactions that greatly affect an individual's tobacco consumption.
This master class will provide evidence-based practical flow-chart applications in pharmaceutical treatments, combination NRT therapies and behavioural interventions. These flow-charts have been developed for health-workers to assess and adapt treatments to the variety of circumstances in smokers they meet daily. Case studies will be presented where these strategies have been implemented.
Harm-reduction in tobacco control is a novel approach to many. The workshop will include harm-reduction strategies, as it is medically important to not only help smokers stop but to reduce the harm in those who do not stop.
This 1 day programme is a must for health professionals working with people who are addicted to cigarette smoking.
FACILITATOR
A/Prof Renee Bittoun, Medicine, Central Clinical School, Brain and Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Australia
Renee has worked in Smoking Cessation for more than 30 years and is an inaugural member of the international SRNT (international Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco). She started one of the world’s first Smokers’ Clinics in Sydney, Australia in 1979 at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. Currently she is Director of the Smokers’ Clinics in the SW Sydney Area Health Service and Associate Professor, Head of the Smoking Cessation Unit in the Faculty of Medicine, Brain Mind Institute, at the University of Sydney. She is the author of several books on smoking and quitting both for the public and as text books for practitioners. She has published many research articles on smoking and cessation. She has conducted clinical trials of many treatments for smoking cessation, both pharmacotherapies and behavioural interventions. She established and continues to teach the first University course on Nicotine Addiction and Smoking Cessation in any Australian University at University of Sydney, and is President of AASCP, The Australian Association of Smoking Cessation Professionals. She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of a new international peer-reviewed Journal of Smoking Cessation.
Renee was nominated for Australian of the Year for 2008.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is for smoking cessation practitioners. It is practice based and will require participants to provide and participate in case studies. The course is designed for practitioners with experience in smoking cessation who are looking to further develop their skills, especially with respect to supporting “hard to reach” clients.
COURSE DETAILS
Date: Friday 1st May 2009
Time: 10.00am – 3.00pm
Venue: All Nations Centre
Sachville Avenue
Cardiff
CF14 3NY
T: 02920 524100
F: 02920 524104
E: receptionist@allnationscentre.com
W: www.allnationscentre.com
Cost: £25.00
REGISTRATION
Please register early as places on the course are strictly limited. To register please contact ASH Wales on sue@ashwales.co.uk, download a registration form from www.ashwales.co.uk or phone 029 2064 1101.