MORE spaces added - FREE Very Brief Advice (for smoking) Training and Vape workshops

FREE VBA training and Vape workshops

We have a FREE Very Brief Advice session booked for 21st January, to support any non-clinical professionals who work on the frontline with clients, service users or any Oxfordshire residents. Due to high demand, we have added a further 10 spaces to the session. I have attached an updated poster - please could you share??

Very Brief Advice can help anyone to have a 30 second conversation, which could save a life. The training will cover background information on smoking and why it is still so important to help the 65,000 Oxon smokers to quit. The trainer will then cover how VBA works and spend time preparing attends on when and how to have the conversation, where to signpost to and how to make a referral or support an individual to do their own. The 2 hour session is online via Teams and tickets can be booked via Eventbrite.

We also have 3 Vape Workshops planned for 2025. These are run by The National Centre for Smoking Cessation Training (NCSCT). This workshop is designed to provide clinical and non-clinical professionals alike, with up-to-date evidence and practice guidance on vapes and vaping. The course follows the evidence and reflects the ever-developing technology of vapes, device selection and use, considerations for use of vapes by young people and pregnant women, clinical guidance on vaping as an aid to smoking cessation and harm reduction, plus answers to frequently asked questions and vaping myths. The one-hour online session is bookable via the link on the poster, directly with Tom at NCSCT.

Please share the attached posters with anyone who might benefit from this useful knowledge and skills. 24-0162 OCC Vaping poster 2025 dates.pdf

Promotion poster - generic VBA (2).pdf