Utilisation of a brief tobacco smoking cessation intervention tool in public dental services

Abstract

Tobacco smoking is currently the foremost preventable cause of premature death and disease in Australia as well as the leading risk factor for many chronic illnesses, 1 accounting for one in seven deaths and 9.3% of the total burden of disease. 2 Rates of daily tobacco smoking in Australia have been on a continuing downward trend since 1991, and this is likely being driven by more people never taking up smoking rather than people quitting smoking. 3 Smoking remains highly prevalent among some priority populations, such as people who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, 4 experience mental illness, 5 experience social

Implementation and evaluation of a smoking cessation checklist implemented within Australian cancer services

“…While HCPs are ideally placed to refer patients to smoking cessation services, even amongst 'hard to treat' populations such as committed smokers, 8 evidence suggests that this is not routine practice. 9 As part of a state-wide quality improvement initiative, a smoking cessation clinical pathway 15 was developed in 2012, reviewed by HCPs from 16 public hospitals, and implemented in Queensland general inpatient services excluding oncology, 10 inpatient acute mental health, 11 and general outpatient adult dental clinics 12 . The components of the 5As model were developed into a checklist (Appendix S1), 13 which was clinically reviewed, revised, and implemented by a multidisciplinary team.…”