UKNSCC - UK National Smoking Cessation Conference

2014 Archive Programme

Friday 13th June 2014

08.00	Registration

Breakout room: Edward 5 - 7

08.45	MAIN SPONSOR SYMPOSIUM: A practical guide to smoking cessation in mental health
	Dr Alex Bobak, GP and GPSI in Smoking Cessation, Wandsworth Medical Centre, London, Dr Gay Sutherland, Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist, South London and Jennifer Potts, Service Development Manager, National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training

Main Hall

09.30	Chair - Welcome
	Professor John Moxham, Chair, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)

09.35	Longer term outcomes from stop smoking services
	Professor Linda Bauld, Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling and Deputy Director, UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies.

10.00	Smokefree homes and cars
	Dr Laura Jones, Lecturer in Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Health Research, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham

10.30	Keynote presentation – The SmokeFree Formula: A book that aims to bring the science of stopping to smokers
	Professor Robert West, Professor of Health Psychology and Director of Tobacco Studies, Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London

11.15	Coffee

11.45	Parallel papers and workshop sessions

Main Hall

Stop smoking services: Clients' views and quit rates
Chair: Dave Jones Tobacco Cessation Programme Manager, Public Health England, London

11.45	Neighbourhood deprivation linked to higher loss to follow-up and lower success rates in smokers making quit attempts with stop smoking services
	Leonie Brose, Lecturer in Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London

12.10	Minority ethnic groups perceptions of healthcare services, tobacco, smoking cessation, shisha and other determinants of health
	Dr Marisa de Andrade, Impact Research Fellow, Institute for Social Marketing (ISM), University of Stirling, Stirling

12.35	What do clients think about NHS Stop Smoking Services?
	Fiona Dobbie, Research Fellow, Institute for Social Marketing, UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Stirling

Breakout room: Edward 1

Secondhand smoke: Exposure levels and strategies to reduce exposure
Chair: Dr Laura Jones Lecturer in Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Health Research, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham

11.45	Using air quality feedback to reduce second-hand smoke levels in homes: Working in partnership with a local champion to deliver the REFRESH approach
	Professor Amanda Amos, Professor of Health Promotion, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh

12.10	Are certain minority ethnic groups in England more likely to be exposed to second-hand smoke?
	Sarwat Karam Shah, Research Fellow, University of York

12.35	Smokefree playgrounds in Wales: Changing smoking behaviour around children
	Adele Jenkins, Communications Officer, ASH Wales, Cardiff

Breakout room: Edward 2

Engaging with hard to reach smokers
Chair: Aaron Bohannon Senior Public Health Manager (Tobacco Control Lead), Leicester

11.45	Smokers with chronic illness: A qualitative analysis of barriers, motivation to quit and tailored interventions for smoking cessation in smokers with and without COPD
	Dr Camille Alexis-Garsee, Senior Lecturer Psychology, Middlesex University, London

12.10	Does poor health and wellbeing affect quitting?
	Dr Rosemary Hiscock, Research Associate, University of Bath

12.35	The social dynamics of giving up smoking
	Caroline Smith, PhD Researcher, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Breakout room: Edward 3

Chair: Melanie McIlvar Director, National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT), London

11.45	WORKSHOP: Implementing the NICE Guidance on Harm Reduction
	Hazel Cheeseman, Policy and Campaigns Manager, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), London and Professor Linda Bauld, Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling and Deputy Director, UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies.

Breakout room: Edward 4

Waterpipes, Khat & Snus
Chair: Dr Mohammed Jawad Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London

11.45	Occupational health and the waterpipe tobacco industry: Insights into the health of employees
	Ali Al-Bakri, Student, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London

12.10	The likelihood of khat chewing serving as a neglected and reverse ‘gateway’ to tobacco use among khat chewers: A cross sectional study
	Saba Kassim, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London and Kelly Leach, Research Assistant, Department of Community Health, Wright State University, Dayton, USA

12.35	Smoking cessation aided by low-toxicity smokeless tobacco can save many lives
	Lars Ramstrom, Director, Institute for Tobacco Studies, Stockholm, Sweden

Breakout room: Edward 5

Strategies for engaging with pregnant smokers

11.45	WORKSHOP: Applying the evidence to tackle smoking in pregnancy: Joined-up thinking and planning
	Hilary Wareing, Director, Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre, Warwick and Tina Williams, Project Director, Development and Training,Tobacco Free Futures, Manchester

Breakout room: Albert 1 - 2

NCSCT Parallel Session: Supporting smokers in secondary care
Chair: Liz Gilbert Smoking Cessation Delivery Manager, National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT), London

11.45	Putting NICE guidance into practice and engaging with an acute trust
	Laura Ridout, Development Manager, Smokefree South West, Bristol and Camilla Peterken, CQUIN Project Manager, Smoking Cessation and Public Health Specialist, London

Breakout room: Albert 3

Truth, training and targetting
Chair: Emma Croghan Director, Public Health and Lifestyle Services, North 51, Nottingham

11.45	Quit with Us: An innovative retail-led campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of smoking in deprived areas
	Maura Matthews, Health and Wellbeing Development Manager, Tenovus Cancer Charity, Cardiff and Sioned Pearce, Research Officer, Tenovus Cancer Charity, Cardiff

12.10	Medical students potential contribution to smoking cessation provision: The added benefits of the online NCSCT training
	Dr Ann Wylie, Senior Teaching Fellow, King's College London School of Medicine, London

12.35	The stark truth: Cigarettes kill one in two smokers
	Andrea Dickens, Head of Policy and Development, Smokefree South West, Bristol

Breakout room: Edward 6 - 7

An introduction to vaping and vapers
Chair: Professor Gerry Stimson Director, Knowledge-Action-Change (KAC), London

11.45	Harm reduction: Concept and practice
	Professor Gerry Stimson, Director, Knowledge-Action-Change (KAC), London

11.55	Stop Smoking Services and e-cigarettes: A pragmatic response
	Louise Ross, Stop Smoking Service Manager, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester

12.05	Vapers panel: Experiences, questions and answers
	Lorien Raine , David Dorn and Sarah Jakes

13.00	Lunch

13.30	Posters: presenters will be available beside their presentations until 14.00

Main Hall

14.15	A tobacco free generation through evidence based tobacco control
	Martin Dockrell, Tobacco Control Lead, Public Health England, London

14.35	'Who's hot and who's not? - Findings from a review of the English services
	Melanie McIlvar, Director, National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT), London

15.05	Help pregnant smokers stop - intervention insights from LEAP
	Professor Michael Ussher, Professor of Behavioural Medicine, Institute of Population Health Research, St George's, University of London

15.30	What is the tobacco industry up to?
	Professor Anna Gilmore, Professor of Public Health & Director of the Tobacco Control Research Group, University of Bath and UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies

16.00	Close