Resources for health professionals
- ASH: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is an independent public health charity set up by the Royal College of Physicians to end the harm caused by tobacco. This site contains plenty of resources including Reports, Webinars, Fact sheets, and Briefings.
- The NCSCT provides online training programmes for health and social care professionals who assists smokers to quit or who wants an understanding of these lifesaving aids to quit.
- National Guidance published by Department of Health and Social Care (2023) gives guidance for local authorities on local stop smoking services and support.
- National Institute for Health care Excellence (NICE): provide guidance and quality standards for Health Professionals on smoking and tobacco.
- West Midlands position statement on vaping: from the Association of Director of Public Health for the West Midlands
- Patient.info: contains information leaflets for patients on why smoking tobacco is harmful. It also lists the benefits of stopping, and how to get help to stop.
