Project Description

Action on smoking and health lead on two resources with input from the Equally Well UK Expert by Experience group to enable community mental health practitioners to deliver support and advice to people with mental health conditions who currently smoke and those who have quit smoking and want to stay smokefree.

Resources

This short leaflet sets out the key information on smoking for people with mental health conditions, the benefits of being smokefree and the support they should be offered to help them quit.   

This short brief provides information for mental health professionals on supporting smokers to quit, including addressing some common misconceptions.