Dentists

Training Package: Video and training booklet for smoking cessation

Quit Victoria's training package for Oral Health Professionals consists of a video and an information booklet How you can help smokers to quit, using the 5As Framework. The video demonstrates the 5As, an international framework suitable for brief (less than 3 minutes) smoking cessation intervention or for extended support. It can be used as part of routine patient care to support your patient with quitting.

Download the dental training order form [PDF 184kb] for the training package (video and training booklet for smoking cessation) and Smoking, Your Mouth, Your Health brochures.

Smoking, Your Mouth, Your Health

Quit Victoria's brochure Smoking, Your Mouth, Your Health is a resource for your patients with information about the effects of smoking on oral health and the benefits of quitting. It is a useful resource for waiting rooms, or for dentists to give to patients as part of assistance with smoking cessation.

Fax referrals to Quitline

Quit supports your oral health team to provide smoking cessation assistance within the time constraints of a busy practice by referring patients to the Quitline.

Download the  Referral Fax Sheet [168 Kb PDF] to help you and your team support your patients to quit.

Further information

Quit's Background Brief, Smoking and the Mouth, provides further information for the health professional.

Download the  Background Brief Smoking and the Mouth [157 Kb PDF] .