NHS workers trained to help smokers quit in order to meet smoke-free targets

The government is calling on more NHS professionals to receive training to help people quit smoking as part of an ongoing campaign to make the NHS smoke-free by 2019.

To date, nearly 40,000 healthcare professionals have been trained to offer smoking cessation advice to support government tobacco control plans that will lessen the 2.6 billion pound burden placed on the NHS by smoking-related conditions.

Free online training is being offered by Public Health England to help staff provide very brief advice on smoking, which has been shown to make patients 68 percent more likely to quit if they are also offered anti-smoking medication.

NHS England is also investing almost 600 million pounds in commissioning for quality and innovation schemes, including one focusing on identifying and supporting people who smoke or drink alcohol at higher-risk levels.

Professor John Newton, director of health improvement at Public Health England, said: "Smokers respond particularly well to our advice, so as health professionals, we have a duty to take every opportunity to prevent the misery and suffering we know is caused by smoking."

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