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The first time you refine your smoking cessation offering

8 November 2017

Jo Scott-Jones

Wednesday 8 November 2017, 09:04 AM

Smoking works like any addiction, on a number of pleasure pathways

It would be easy to become complacent about delivering smoking cessation advice – automatic prompts, the way it is delivered and the follow-up all need attention

Finding time to ask about smoking… should not interfere with a patient-centred consultation It is a no-brainer – smoking is bad for you. We know

Smoking

References

1. Ministry of Health. Background information: New Zealand’s tobacco control programme [appendix]. Ministry of Health, 2016.

2. Jenkins M, for the Ministry of Health Tobacco Policy and Implementation Team. Implementing the ABC approach for smoking cessation: Framework and work programme. Ministry of Health, 2 February 2009. ISBN 978-0-478-31901-9 (online) HP 4750.

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Acute altitude illness

Many people travel to high-altitude destinations, meaning clinicians are often faced with questions about how to prevent and treat altitude illness. Update your knowledge with this New Zealand Society of Travel Medicine summary of updated evidence-based guidelines with comments by senior lecturer Jenny Visser – it outlines the best prophylactic regimens, diagnostic approaches and treatment protocols for acute altitude illness

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