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Supporting Smoking Cessation: Insights on Pregnancy, Fertility, and Diverse Community Needs

This initiative by the Australian Government focuses on the critical issue of smoking during pregnancy and its repercussions on fertility. Various tools are provided to calculate the effects of smoking, level of addiction, and financial costs. Health professionals play a vital role by offering personalized quit plans, medication advice including nicotine replacement therapy, and support for individuals with mental illness. The program addresses barriers to involvement, drawing reflections on challenges faced by specific population groups, including prison inmates and Aboriginal Australians, emphasizing tailored strategies for effective support.

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Supporting Smoking Cessation: Insights on Pregnancy, Fertility, and Diverse Community Needs

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  1. Tobacco Control CD Week 22

  2. Smoking, Pregnancy and Fertility

  3. Quitnow • Australian Government Initiative • Various tools to calculate: • Effects of smoking • Level of addiction • Financial Cost • Email reminders • Information about services • Quitcoach: • Personalised quit plans • Email reminders

  4. Role of health professionals in smoking cessation: • Advice on quitting: • Distribution of information • Providing a plan • Support for those with mental illness • Medication advice: • Nicotine replacement therapy • Prescription medication: • Varenicline (Champix) or Bupropion

  5. Perceived barriers to involvement How might these be addressed?

  6. Reflections on GP Placements • What have we observed so far?

  7. Challenges in specific population groups • Prison inmates • Pregnant Women • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians • Maori peoples • Arabic-speaking Australians

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