MORE THAN EIGHT OUT OF TEN PHARMACISTS ARE INTERESTED IN THE MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF SMOKERS LOOKING TO QUIT
and more smokers trying to quit, pharmacists have a vital role to play.’
According to J&J’s report, COVID-19 may have actually indirectly helped to reduce the number of social smokers, as restrictions limited the opportunity to smoke in a social context.2
As the
current UK lockdown begins to ease, pharmacists have an opportunity to support social smokers who may otherwise return to old habits.
Pharmacists surveyed by J&J show that they see a clear role for themselves as a partner to smokers, specifically: • Discussing the benefits of quitting smoking.
• Recommending behavioural intervention in response to key life events such as pregnancy or illness, and calendar events such as a New Year Resolution to give up or Smoking or No Smoking Days
• Explaining and discussing smoking cessation medications, such as NRT
Pharmacists most commonly recommend either one or two concurrent Nicotine Replacement
Therapies (NRT), with an average of 88 per cent recommending at least one format of NRT, while 97 per cent believe smokers are more likely to quit for good by using a combination of two or more NRT products.3
Ninety-four per cent of pharmacists say they are most likely to recommend patches and a third (34 per cent) say they are most likely to recommend gum (34 per cent).3
Evidence shows that patients
are more likely to quit for good by using two NRT products in combination, compared to using just one NRT product alone.6
Top tips for pharmacists to support smokers wishing to quit
• Assess the patient’s overall lung health (carbon monoxide testing and COPD check)
•Provide lifestyle advice including withdrawal symptom management
• Identify best treatment for individual patient
•Provide patient with access to smoking cessation services including helplines.
References 1. Carson-Chahhoud KV, Livingstone-Banks J, Sharrad KJ, Kopsaftis Z, Brinn MP, To-A-Nan R, Bond CM. Community pharmacy personnel interventions for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD003698. DOI: 10.1002/
14651858.CD003698. 82 of the 136 studies were conducted by J&J. 2. J&J Consumer Business Intelligence, August/September 2020. Research conducted in 10,690 nationally representative, 18- 65 adults. 3. J&J Consumer Healthcare. HCP Smoking Cessation Global Report 2018 (1,200 Interviews conducted among 759 pharmacists in UK, France, Germany, Canada and Russia) 4. J&J and Ipsos MORI – Consumer Research. August- September 2020. Survey of 6,378 people in UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Russia. The survey included a nationally representative quota sample of adults using Ipsos MORI’s online I: Omnibus. 5. World Health Organization, June 2020. Smoking and COVID-19 Scientific Brief. 6. Lindson N, Chepkin SC, Ye W, Fanshawe TR, Bullen C, Hartmann-Boyce J. Different doses, durations and modes of delivery of nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 4. Art. No. CD013308. DOI: 10.1002/
14651858.CD013308. 7.
https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/lifestyle/what- are-the-health-risks-of-smoking 8.
https://www.england.nhs.uk/2019/07/ englands-top-midwife-
warns-tens-of-thousands-still-smoking-during-pregnancy/
DID YOU KNOW?
In 2020, 33 per cent of individuals in Scotland aged between 45 and 64 used to smoke cigarettes before, compared to 67 per cent of individuals aged 75 and over who used to smoke cigarettes! (Source: Statista)
NINETY-FOUR PER CENT OF PHARMACISTS SAY THEY ARE MOST LIKELY TO RECOMMEND PATCHES AND A THIRD SAY THEY ARE MOST LIKELY TO RECOMMEND GUM
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