Smoking cessation is everybody’s business | Webinar

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

Attend this webinar for practical tips, strategies and resources to help you to support your clients to quit smoking.

The latest Equally Well research shows that lung cancer was the fifth leading cause of death for people who accessed mental health-related treatments in 2016, with 3,820 deaths (accounting for 4.4% of all deaths among this population). ^

^{^ Mortality of people using Australian Government-funded mental health services and prescription medications: Analysis of 2016 Census, death registry, MBS and PBS data}

During the broadcast, the expert panel will:

• outline the interrelationship between physical and mental health, and the prevalence and risks associated with smoking-related respiratory disease (including lung cancer)
• consider opportunities to open-up conversations about smoking cessation
• examine the hurdles and enablers to implementing smoking cessation approaches in your practice.

Panel: 

• Sally Plever, Psychologist, Qld
• Assoc Prof Mat Coleman, Psychiatrist, WA
• Kate Cogan, Nurse with MH qualifications, Vic
• Shannon Harwood, Lived Experience Advocacy, Coaching, Consultancy, Tas

Moderator: Assoc Prof Caroline Johnson, General Practitioner, Vic

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