Smoking and mental health - NCSCT

Smoking and mental health
> Smoking cessation interventions are effective among pregnant women but
may be more so if tailored to the specific needs and co-morbidities of
women with mental disorders.
> Systematic and sustained intervention and support are necessary to
maximise smoking cessation among pregnant women.
> Child and adolescent mental health services, and local authority foster care
and smoking policies, should explicitly protect children from passive smoke,
and promote smoke-free foster homes.
> Professionals working with or caring for young people should provide positive
(ie non-smoking) role models and be trained to deliver cessation advice and
provide or arrange further support for those who want help to quit.
> In settings where young people are most vulnerable, such as adolescent
inpatient units, there should be a broad programme of health promotion
aimed at preventing initiation of smoking as well as smoking cessation.
> In view of the current lack of evidence on safe, feasible and effective tobacco
dependence treatment in the settings and populations covered in this
chapter, further research is urgently required.
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