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Best practice for smoking cessation in prisons
Paul Hayton and Susan MacAskill
Abstract
It is estimated that around 80% of the prison population smoke, much higher levels than among the general population (around 25%). Smoking levels are also high among prison staff. This setting presents important challenges in terms of smoking restrictions and reducing risks from personal smoking and environmental tobacco smoke: it is both a place of residence and a work place. The prison setting also represents opportunities to access hard-to-reach audiences in terms of stop smoking support and tobacco control.
Experience shows that substantial quit rates can be achieved. The workshop will explore development of partnerships between Prison Health and Primary Health Care Teams and highlight key areas of relevant policies in tobacco control and health promotion. We will build on our research into stop smoking support in this setting including; earlier pilot projects, a mapping exercise across England and Wales, and a case study of recent work in prisons in the North West Region following DH funding of NRT. Parallels can be drawn with settings with similar characteristics.
Following an initial presentation, the workshop will be interactive and will address:
- Lessons learned from PCT's and Prison Health working together to deliver stop smoking services in this setting. - Checklist of key learning to maximise success with quitters in prison settings.
- Relevant policies in prison settings, especially implications of restrictions on smoking in public places and workplaces.
- Parallels from other specialised settings, such as hospitals and other workplaces, dependent upon the experience and expertise of those attending the session.
Biographies
Paul Hayton is Director of the Healthy Prisons Programme in the Healthy Settings Development Unit of the University of Central Lancs. He is also Health Promotion Lead in Prison Health, DH, and Deputy Director of the Collaborating Centre of the WHO Health and Prisons Project.
Susan MacAskill is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Social Marketing and the Centre for Tobacco Control Research at the University of Stirling and the Open University. Susan joined the centre after working in primary care and health promotion. She has extensive experience in researching smoking cessation and wider tobacco control issues in disadvantaged and hard to reach communities, including a series of studies
in prison settings. Wider research interests include exploration and evaluation of interventions addressing health and social issues, incorporating a range of service user and other stakeholder perspectives.
Paul Hayton
Director of the Healthy Prisons Programme
Healthy Settings Development Unit,
University of Central Lancashire
Preston
PR1 2HE
Presenter 2: Susan MacAskill
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