Smoking cessation for W Ch

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Smoking Cessation Level 1
Training

Wirral Stop Smoking Service

Public Health Provider Services

Gibraltar House

Kelvin Road

Wallasey

CH44 7JW

Tel 0151

630 8383

Fax

0151 630 8390

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Who smokes?

13m smokers

23% men

21% women

80% start as teenagers

11% girls (25% 15yrs old)

9% boys

70% want to quit

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For every 100 teenagers who
smoke throughout life….

0 will be murdered

0 will die in an air crash

perhaps 1 will be killed on the road

BUT 50 will die before their time from
diseases caused by smoking

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Smoking Prevalence is
higher……...

North

18-34yr olds

Mental health problems*

Certain ethnic groups

Disadvantaged areas

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Intermediate Service -

GP practices

Pharmacies

Children’s Centres

Health Action Areas

Workplaces

……………….

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What’s in Tobacco Smoke?

Nicotine

Carbon Monoxide

Tar

Other chemicals and
additives

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Tar

Contains 60 cancer causing agents

Condenses in lungs leaving a sticky residue

‘Coats’ the cilia and lung tissues

Distributed to other body parts by
cardiovascular system

Volatile hydrocarbons affect liver enzymes

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Carbon Monoxide

Colourless,odourless toxic gas

Reduces oxygen carrying ability of blood

Forces heart to work harder

Reduces exercise tolerance

Reduces oxygen supply to foetus

Thought to contribute to atherosclerosis

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Nicotine

Powerful, fast acting, highly addictive drug

Hits the brain in 10 secs when inhaled

Increases heart rate and BP

Increases concentration

Depresses appetite

Acts as vaso constrictor

No cancer link

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Smoking……...

Vasoconstriction

Atherosclerosis

abnormalities in blood vessels which affect
clotting

directly reduces life span of platelets

causes sticky platelets

prevents normal breakdown of tiny clots

nicotine raises LDL levels

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ARECA LEAF AND BETAL NUT

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Major health consequences of

Major health consequences of

smoking

smoking

The scale of the problem

Stroke

Cancers of the

mouth throat and

oesophagus

Coronary heart

disease

Chronic obstructive

pulmonary disease

Lung cancer

Pancreatic cancer

Ulcer

Bladder cancer

Low birth weight

baby

Peripheral

vascular disease

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Other conditions associated with smoking

Angina risk 20 x risk

Buerger’s disease

Cataracts 2 x risk

Crohn’s disease

Depression

Duodenal ulcers

Chronic rhinitis

Fertility 30% lower

Graves’ disease

Hearing loss

Immune system impaired

Decreased lung function

Ocular Histoplasmosis

Optic neuropathy 16 x risk

Menopause 2 years early

Sudden Infant Death syndrome

Osteoporosis

Peripheral vascular disease

Psoriasis 2 x risk

Rheumatoid arthritis

Reduced sperm count

Tuberculosis

Macular degeneration 2 x risk

Low child birth weight 4 x risk

Vocal chord polyps

Increased sperm abnormalities

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Health Impact

30% of all cancers

90% of all lung cancers

30% of all ischaemic heart disease &

strokes

70% of all chronic lung disease

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Health Benefits

Increased longevity

Stabilisation of lung cancer risk (but not
absolute decline)

Heart disease risk declines towards non-
smoker level over 10 years

Accelerated decline in lung function reduced

Improved reproductive health

Improved recovery from surgery

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Health Benefits

24hrs - CO eliminated from body

2-12 weeks -Energy levels increase, sense of
smell and taste much improved

5-10 yrs - Risk of Cancer and MI reduced

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Why do people keep smoking?

NICOTINE

ADDICTION

HABIT

SOCIAL

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α4β2
Nicotinic Receptor

α4

β2

α4

β2

β2

NIC

Nicotine
Dopamine

Nucleus

Accumbens

(NAcc)

Ventral

Tegmental

Area

(VTA)

NIC

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Effects of Nicotine

Rapidly absorbed

Sets off a complex chemical cascade

Affects the production of dopamine

Dual personality short v long puffs

Only 1-3mg/cig absorbed

KEEPS SMOKER ADDICTED

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Regular smoking leads to a 300%
increase in brain nicotine receptors

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On stopping smoking:

It takes 24-48 hours for nicotine to leave
the body

It takes 8-12 weeks for the nicotine
receptors to down-regulate

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Withdrawal Symptoms

Symptom

Duration

Prevalence

Irritability/aggression < 4 weeks

50%

Depression

< 4 weeks

60%

Poor concentration

< 2 weeks

60%

Restlessness

< 4 weeks

60%

Increased appetite

> 10 weeks

70%

Night time awakenings

< 1 week

25%

Urges to smoke

> 2 weeks

70%

Light-headedness

< 48 hours

10%

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Withdrawal Symptoms

WORSE if…...

Inhale deeply on cigs

Previous bad experience

Stress and boredom

LESS INTENSE if…..

Exercise

Out of ‘normal
environment’

Eating sugary foods

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Available Therapies

Buproprion Hydrochloride SR – Zyban

Varenicline - Champix

Patche
s

Continuous -

Intermittent
-

Nasal
spray

Inhalato
r

Gum

Microta
b

Lozenge

Nicotine Replacement

Therapy

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Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Available - prescription

voucher system via Wirral Stop

Smoking Service

over counter

Treatment lasts approximately 3 months

Some cautions

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Zyban - What is it?

The first non-nicotine oral smoking cessation
therapy

Works within the brain - acting on the
neurotransmitters involved in nicotine addiction
and withdrawal

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Varenicline - Champix

Oral

Blocks the rewards from and reduces the
cravings of cigarette smoking

Adults only

GP prescription only

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Barriers to stopping

Tried before

I will one day...

Too stressed at the
moment

Weight increase

All my family/friends
smoke

I enjoy it

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Our Barriers

No time

Not my job

Can’t see the point - they’ll only start again

Lack of confidence/skills

Expected patient resistance

Spoils relationship with patient

Lack of resources

Smoker oneself

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Making

Changes

“I’ve set a
quit date”

Maintaining

Change

“I am an ex-

smoker”

Relapsing

“I have learnt a lot

and when I am ready

I will try again”

Not

Sure/Thinkin

g About

Change

“I have heard

about a new

treatment to

stop smoking”

Ready/Preparing to

Change

“How do I go about it?”

“I am not

interested in

stopping smoking

Stable “Safer”

Lifestyle

“I’m a non smoker

Cycle of
Change

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Ask yourself

What do you enjoy about
your smoking?

Is there anything you
don’t enjoy about
smoking..?

Do you see yourself as a
life long smoker?

What happened last time
you stopped….?

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Specialist Service provides:

Intensive support for clients

-

1/1 appts / Drop in

Phone contact

Home visits


Clinics held at:

Various venues across

Wirral

Clinics for staff:

Phone 630 8383 for

information

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