Almost one third of the Swiss population smokes. Of these persons a large percentage would like to quit smoking each year. It is well known that the odds to quit successfully are improved by professional counseling and medication support. In order to counsel the numerous smokers interested in quitting a sufficient number of professionals needs to be trained in smoking cessation. For this training a short and extended course in smoking cessation for physicians is available (Frei von Tabak project). For non-physician health professionals there is a postgraduate course in tobacco prevention and smoking cessation and for both groups of professionals there is the Hospital QuitSupport workshop, which aims to support and promote hospital-based smoking cessation counseling. Smoking cessation counseling by physicians is remunerated in the outpatient setting. For non-physician smoking cessation counselling, however, there is no such tarif for remuneration. This drawback presents a considerable obstacle for the establishment of a large-scale smoking cessation counseling network in Switzerland.
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