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Resources, tools and training for health professionals who provide smoking and vaping cessation support.

Health professionals play an important role in supporting people to quit smoking and vaping.

This page includes tailored resources, clinical tools, training and practical links for health professionals providing smoking and vaping cessation support to patients or clients in a broad range of settings and roles including mental health services, alcohol and other drug services, eye health professionals, oral health professionals, hospitals and health services, and stroke clinicians.

Use these tools and resources whenever you:

Want to build your knowledge and skills in smoking and vaping cessation care.
Are working directly with people who smoke or vape and need clinical tools or referral pathways.
Are embedding cessation support into organisational practice or service delivery.
Need printable and downloadable materials for client consultations or workplace health promotion.

A range of online resources and training for professionals working in different settings is available, developed by Quit in consultation with health professionals.

The resources and training equip professionals with the skills, confidence and knowledge to provide smoking and vaping cessation care.

Below you’ll find key supports and links to help you integrate best-practice smoking and vaping cessation care into your work.

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Health professionals play an important role in supporting people to quit smoking and vaping.

For Health Professionals

Alcohol and other drug servicesAlcohol and other drug (AOD) workers are a respected source of support. They are well placed to provide brief advice on smoking and vaping cessation. Every conversation increases the chance of a client successfully quitting.

Essential training - generalised training for other health settingsTobacco smoking remains one of the leading causes of preventable illness and death in Australia. Health professionals play a crucial role in caring for patients who smoke and vape and are well placed to have brief advice conversations.  

Training and resources for eye health professionalsEye Health professionals are a respected source of health information. They are well placed to provide brief advice on smoking and vaping. Research shows that 1 in 33 conversations with a health professional will result in a patient successfully quitting.

Training for general practitionersDeveloped in consultation with general practitioners, Quit Centre's online training supports the development of knowledge and skills to confidently provide smoking and vaping cessation care.

Training and resources for health servicesTobacco smoking remains one of the leading causes of preventable illness and death in Australia. Health services play a crucial role in caring for patients who smoke and vape, and staff working in these settings are well placed to have brief advice conversations.

Training for maternity health professionalsWith input from midwives and other maternity care experts, Quit Centre has developed online training for health professionals to support the development of knowledge and skills to confidently provide smoking cessation care to pregnant women who smoke.

Tools to help you help others

My Quit Plan

Take a step by step approach to building your quit plan.

Create your plan

Health effects on your body

See how smoking and vaping affects your body.

See the health effects

Cost calculator

Start planning for a healthier and wealthier future.

Calculate your spending

My QuitBuddy app

An app that provides helpful tips and distractions.

Tips and tactics

Conquer cravings and manage feelings of withdrawal.