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Hospital Tobacco Cessation Units: A Life Without Tobacco Programme in Galicia Public Hospitals

This informative and educational programme aims to promote a life without tobacco through a network of Hospital Tobacco Cessation Units in Galicia's public hospitals. The programme provides help to quit smoking for healthcare workers and specific groups, with strategies for establishing new units and supporting existing ones. Results show a positive impact on abstinence rates, justifying the need for specialized treatment units for heavy smokers and smoke-free hospital policy management. The programme involves contributions from hospital staff, public health departments, and emphasizes the importance of creating treatment units for both patients seeking to quit smoking and those following no-smoking policies in hospitals.

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Hospital Tobacco Cessation Units: A Life Without Tobacco Programme in Galicia Public Hospitals

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  1. 2.731.900 Inhabitants

  2. INFORMATIVE EDUCATIONAL Network of promotion life without tobacco centres LEGISLATIVE SPECIFIC GROUPS HELP TO QUIT Health Care Workers “LIFE WITHOUT TOBACCO” PROGRAMME Strategies

  3. New Units (7) Going Units (5) GALICIA – PUBLIC HOSPITALS Hospital Tobacco Cessation Units

  4. Hospital Tobacco Cessation Units • To help hospital workers who look for help to quit smoking • Hospital Contribution: Staff: 1 Doctor / 1 Nurse / (1 Psychologist desirable). Working part time (2-3 hours a week) • Public Health Department Contribution: Funds to cover 50% of the pharmacological therapieswhen needed

  5. RESULTS

  6. By therapy By gender RESULTS: Point abstinence rate

  7. Self Audit Results 2003 X= 65,61 points Maximum point: 124

  8. CONCLUSIONS and FUTURE • 25.1% of people who went to the HTCU looking for help to quit were abstinent 1 year after the beginning of the therapy • Results justify the establishment of HTUC • The HTUC must be“Treatment units for patients admitted in hospitals” (not only for those who want to quit, but also for patients who must respect the “No Smoking Policies” desirable in hospitals) • Specialized Treatment Units: Heavy Smokers (Those who can not be treated in primary care) • Smoke-free Hospital Policy Management Units

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