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Quit Centre is now live – how can it help GPs?

• Quit Centre is now live – how can it help GPs?

  
  

  https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/quit-centre-is-now-live-how-can-it-help-gps

  Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in Australia and 2019 figures show that 11% of Australians aged 14 and over smoke daily. Few patients visit a doctor with smoking addiction as their main complaint, and time-pressured consultations often focus on other issues. New website will make finding GP-accredited training and resources on smoking and vaping cessation easier than ever before.
  
  Cancer Council Victoria has launched a new National Quit Resource and Training Centre for Nicotine Cessation (Quit Centre) to help GPs implement smoking cessation clinical guidelines released by the RACGP and Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.
  
  GPs will have access to RACGP and Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) accredited evidence-based online training modules, including Smoking Cessation Brief Advice Training for General Practitioners and Nicotine Vaping Products (NVPs): considerations for GPs.
  
  However, significant practice changes have occurred in the wake of the 1 October, 2021 rescheduling of nicotine by the TGA and the potential contamination of varenicline (sold as Champix), resulting in product recall and subsequent shortages due to a pause on global distribution. GPs can visit Quit Centre at quitcentre.org.au, or subscribe to the Quit Centre Quarterly newsletter, to keep ahead of the latest news, research and practice insights from other health professionals.
  
Pubdate： 2022-03-11    Viewed： 248