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Interactions between healthcare providers and their clients/patients provide an important opportunity to support commercial tobacco cessation.
The following provides information, tools and resources to help health professionals build their confidence, skills and competence in health promotion, harm reduction and cessation related to tobacco and vaping products.
If you have feedback or questions, email tvcp@primarycarealberta.ca.
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Key Resources | Health Professional Training |Cessation Programs |Cessation Tools |Tools to Use With Clients
Posters, QuitKit materials, cessation workbooks and brochures can be ordered through DATA Communications Management. To access the catalogue, use the following information:
Username: tobaccopublic
Password: dwcal2012
The TVCP provides a variety of free courses that prepare health professionals for work in tobacco and vaping interventions.
Certified Tobacco Educator (CTE) – In partnership with the Canadian Network for Respiratory Care we provide learning units that allow health professionals in Alberta to be eligible to write the credential exam. For more information, contact tvcp@primarycarealberta.ca.
IT'S TIME is a 2-day workshop for Indigenous wellness workers who’d like to boost their skills in helping people quit smoking. The workshop is Elder-guided, strength-based, and interactive. It blends evidence-based (Western) practices and wise-based (Indigenous) practices to help people quit or cut down. If you can’t make it to an IT’S TIME workshop, you can still use the IT’S TIME toolkit to help people in your community. To learn more, contact tvcp@primarycarealberta.ca.
Provider Referral
Health professionals can directly refer their clients to the following support services.
Client Self-Referal
Your client can self-refer to the following support services: phone, text, group and counselling via AlbertaQuits - Get Help.
These tools are designed to support your tobacco cessation and vaping assessment work in clinical practice. You may choose to use all of them or select ones that are most relevant for your setting.
For health advice 24/7 phone 811 a free health information service. You have options to speak with a variety of health professionals.
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