Very Brief Advice on Smoking Cessation –

Advice and Refer. Every Smoker. Every Visit.

Smoking is the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality, yet over 60% of daily smokers in Hong Kong still haven’t tried or are unwilling to quit. The World Health Organization recommends all healthcare professionals to deliver brief smoking cessation advice to patients in order to motivate smokers to quit.

The very brief smoking cessation advice has been scientifically proven both overseas and locally to be effective in motivating smokers to quit and increasing tobacco abstinence rate in as short as 30 seconds.

The Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office, HKU School of Nursing and HKU School of Public Health have prepared an online self-directed training set, which will empower healthcare professionals (including doctors, dentists, nurses, Chinese medicine practitioners, pharmacists, clinical psychologists, dietitians) and allied health professionals to deliver a very brief advice on smoking cessation.

Instructions

Steps of the self-directed training:

  1. Watch the 5 videos below. Each takes about 2-3 minutes
  2. Read the handouts to further understand the video content
  3. Go back to Home page or HERE and move on to Brief Intervention training

Module 1

Importance of Brief Smoking Cessation Advice

Module 2

Very Brief Advice on Smoking Cessation

Module 3

Active Referral of Smoking Cessation Service

Demonstration Video 1

Delivering Very Brief Advice on Smoking Cessation

Demonstration Video 2

Active Referral to Smoking Cessation Service

Other Resources

Patient Pamphlet

VBA Flowchart

Referral Guide and Notice of Collection of Personal Data

Fax/ Email Referral Form

Order VBA support materials