Information related to training and education in smoking cessation programmes
The following article describes highlights from the skill building workshop “Designing tobacco control systems and cessation benefits in managed care”.
Carolyn Link Carlson, Peggy Chute, Sallie Dacey, Tim A McAfee Tobacco Control 2000;9(Suppl I):i25–i29
Objectives: To evaluate social and program factors associated with the one-year smoking cessation rate among participants of a smoking cessation program at a managed care organization (MCO).
Karen M Polizzi, Douglas W Roblin, Adrienne D Mims, Dianne Harris, Dennis D Tolsma, The Permanente Journal/ Spring 2004/ Volume 8 No. 2
The pilot project was designed to:
- Improve health outcomes
- Enhance pharmacist role in smoking cessation
Project sought to achieve 30% increase in sales of the Quit Smoking category. Two months of sales data for NRT products was collected from pharmacies prior to commencement of the project to establish a baseline from which to measure sales performance. The target was at least twice that of the best current performing category in pharmacy. Project was designed to test a “marketing approach” to the delivery of a professional smoking cessation services. Solution based retail layout ‘navigation storyboards’ were developed as the means to integrate professional behaviours within the marketing/category management approach.
Jenny Bergin, Australia
A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population, conducted by Baber ZU, Bukhari NI, Sarwar W and Effendie B.
G Ian Town,P Fraser, S Graham, W McSweeney, K Brockway, R Kirk,
NZ Medical Journal, 14 April 2000
