“Do you mind if I vape?” Well… do we?
16 May 2025
Dental Nurses' Forum
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Learning Content
This session will provide an update of smoking and vaping rates in the UK and our understanding of thier impacts on both general and oral health. We will discuss the brief interventions in practice that can help support patients giving up smoking.
- Understand how e-cigarettes/vapes work and the controversy around their use.
- Be able to support patients wishing to give up tobacco in practice using VBA and the five ‘R’ support methods
Aims
Update the group on the role of the dental team in smoking cessation support in dental practice
Present current guidelines for smoking cessation support in dental practice
Have A better understanding of the complexity of habit formation in both smoking and vaping