Smoking Cessation Training Options

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Statewide Smoking Cessation Program

This Program provides training to all healthcare workers. You’ll learn:

This training is important if you work in community or health settings.
It helps you build skills to provide intensive support for clients to become smoke-free.

Please email the Clinical Nurse Consultant in your region to get information about face-to-face training.

This training will provide you with the knowledge and ability to:

Online learning for Department of Health (Tasmania) staff

Go to THEO online learning
Log in with your employee username and password
Enter ABC Smoking in the search box to access the latest version of the e-learning module.

Online learning for healthcare workers and other guests

Quit Tasmania is run by the Cancer Council Tasmania.

Quit Tasmania teach the Supporting People to Stop Smoking training. You’ll learn:

Aspects of smoking – addiction, habits, emotions
Dealing with withdrawals and relapse
Pharmacotherapy products
Resources and supports for people who want to quit
How the Quitline 13 7848 supports people who want to stop smoking
Smoking cessation brief interventions – how to have the conversation with clients in a non-judgemental way
Making smoking care part of routine care – how can workers do this in their workplace?
Optional post training ‘Meet the Quitline Counsellors’ Zoom session
Go to Supporting People to Stop Smoking

For online resources go to the Quit Centre