IMPACT Training

To equip workers who support people with lived experience of mental ill-health with the knowledge, skills, tools and confidence to initiate a conversation about smoking, and to support those who are ready to quit.

By the end of this session participants will:

• Be able to highlight the health risks of smoking and the impact of smoking on mental health (MH)
• Recognise the impact of smoking in creating health inequalities amongst people experiencing long standing MH conditions
• Understand how smoking affects medications
• Be able to facilitate conversations about smoking with your client group
• Have gained a basic understanding of behaviour change techniques and motivational interviewing
• Understand the current stance from the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland regarding e-cigarettes
• Know how to signpost to the NHS Tayside Quit Your Way smoking cessation service

This course requires the completion of an e-module (maximum 1-hr) before attending

Host or Publisher Quit Your Way - Public Health - NHS Tayside