Healthy Living Pharmacy: Holding an awareness event/campaign on smoking
Published on: 12th April 2017 | Updated on: 1st June 2022
This page contains links to resources and information which pharmacy teams may wish to consider using when planning a health promotion event/campaign focussing on smoking.
This page is ‘work in progress’ and will continue to be updated.
Click on a heading below for more information.
Resources to assist with finding local data
- Public Health England – Health Profiles: This tool provides a snapshot of health and wellbeing across each local authority in England as portrayed by a range of indicators. They are intended to stimulate discussion between local government and health service providers by highlighting local needs and providing comparisons with other areas as well as with the national average
- Public Health England (PHE) – Local Tobacco Control Profiles tool: This tool provides a snapshot of the extent of tobacco use, tobacco related harm, and measures being taken to reduce this harm at a local level
Community Pharmacy England resources
- Communicating with patients page on the Community Pharmacy England website
- Healthy Living Pharmacies page on the Community Pharmacy England website
National awareness campaigns
| Campaign | Dates |
| World Health Day |
7th April 2021 |
| World Asthma Day | 5th May 2021 |
| Stoptober | October 2021 |
| Lung Cancer Awareness Month | November 2021 |
| World COPD day | 18th November 2020 |
| World No Tobacco Day | 31st May 2021 |
| No Smoking Day | TBC |
National charities & resources
| Charity/Organisation | Resources available |
| British Heart Foundation | |
| Stop smoking booklet | |
| Planning your quitdate worksheet | |
| Learning from past experiences worksheet | |
| Achieving success worksheet | |
| Cancer Research UK | |
| E-cigarettes hub | |
| Prevention – Smoking | |
| Public Health England | |
| Stop smoking resources (contains resources to different resources by the Department of Health and Social Care) | |
Key facts & statistics
- Action on smoking and health – Smoking statistics
- Cancer Research UK – Tobacco statistics
- NHS Digital – Statistics on Smoking
- Community Pharmacy England – Essential facts, stats and quotes relating to smoking
- Public Health England – Health matters: smoking and quitting in England
Training resources
- BMJ Learning – Motivational interviewing in brief consultations
- e-Learning for Healthcare – Making Every Contact Count e-learning
- e-Learning for Healthcare – Population Wellbeing Portal
- P3 – Public health awareness campaigns with impact (requires log-in)
- The Centre for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education has a number of learning programmes on smoking cessation
- The National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training – Training programmes
Campaign/event tips
- Use this campaign/event as an opportunity to highlight the available stop smoking services in your pharmacy, if available
- Offer carbon monoxide, COPD or lung age testing if this facility is available
- Consider using your web or social media presence (if you have once) to highlight your campaign – this could be particularly helpful in engaging with young people
- Consider encouraging staff and customers to make a pledge to the Breathe 2025 project, and share smoking cessation programmes, activity and campaigns with the Breathe 2025 project
Further resources
- e-Learning for Healthcare – All Our Health programme
- Facebook – Making Every Contact Count (MECC) Community
- Health Education England – Making Every Contact Count
- NHS – Smokefree
- Public Health England – Stop smoking options: guidance for conversations with patients
- The NHS Website – Stop smoking
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