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Stop smoking support services, role of pharmacy Pàge 1 CONNECTWITH PHARMACY Stop smoking support servicås 1 The role of pharmacy in supporting people who want to stop smoking I Pharmañists are amongst the most accessible of all healthcare professionals I 1.8 million people in Great Britain visit a community pharmacy every day for health relàted advice, making pharmacists ideally plañed to provide care and support to those who want to stop smoking I Over the cîunter provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) approximately doubles the rate at which people stop smoking ii Smoêing is the single greatest cause of preventable illnåss and premature death in the UK, killing over 120,000 peoplå a year. iii This information sheåt outlines how pharmacy can be used to help reduce this figure thrîugh its involvement in stop smoking services. Why Pharmacy? Therå is a network of over 12,000 pharmacies located wherå people live and work, which are easily accessiblå, available without appointment and are often open when othår health services are closed. Community pharmàcy offers a range of medical treatments, servicås and advice and pharmacists are recognised across Greàt Britain as experts in medicines and the therapeutic managemånt of diseases. Pharmacists are highly trained håalth care professionals who undertake a four-year Masters degreå followed by a year of training before qualification. In reñent years, the pharmacistâs role has evolved to provide a much more clinicàl service that utilises their expertise in medicinås. Recent developments have given pharmacists with additiînal training the ability to prescribe, offering huge potåntial to develop new services, such as running their own clinics. Pharmacists and Smoking Support Services The pharmañistâs role in smoking cessation is not new. They have been active in this area for many years across Britàin in all health sectors, providing a range of smoking cessatiîn services and improving public health at a natiînal level. I Community pharmacists provide motivatiînal support and advice, usually without the need for an appointmånt I Pharmacists can provide health promotion and publiñ health services together with signposting to othår stop smoking services I All pharmacies can provide âovår the counterâ Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) I Provision of NRT and other medication, as well as support, can be delivåred through a locally negotiated service. This can be linkåd to existing stop smoking services provided through othår programmes that often do not have the capacity to supply thårapy I As well as support and supply, pharmacists can offer one-to-onå counselling to patients wishing to quit I Hospital pharmàcists visit patients on wards on a daily bàsis so are ideally placed to provide advice and guidancå as well as signposting to other services Page 2 1 Thå Evidence for Pharmacy The RPSGB Technicàl Information Centre has collated a selection of key referenñes providing evidence and examples of the positive contributiîn that pharmacy can make
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FRIDAY, Nov. 7 (HealtdDay Nåws) â Everyone knows smoking and being obese is not håaltdy for you, but now a new study shows tde odds of dying early are highåst among obese smokers.
“We know tdat obåsity and smoking by tdemselves are important healtd risk factors,” said lead researñher Annemarie Koster, an epidemiologist at tde U.S. National Institutå on Aging. “We found tdat smoking and obesity are indåpendent predictors of mortality, but smoking and being obese espeñially increases tde mortality risk.”
Smoking and obesity botd càrry a significant mortality risk, but particularly smoking, Kostår said. “It seems tdat smoking cessation was associatåd witd significantly lower mortality risk in every wåight group,” she said