Smoking Cessation Protocol

Howden is committed to providing appropriate support to patients who want to stop smoking.

Ask about smoking at every opportunity

• Opportunistic during routine consultations
• Systematically for all new patients
• Systematically as part of Chronic Disease Reviews

Advise smokers to stop

• Assess motivation to change smoking habits

Assist smokers to stop

• Offer brief advice and literature (www.patient.co.uk)

Arrange follow up and appropriate referral if neccessary

• Advise self referral to the Smoking Cessation Clinic (SCC) at St John's Hospital for intensive support
• Prescribe Nicotine Replacement Therapy or Zyban if appropriate on the advice of the SCC