Barriers and facilitators to integrating smoking cessation care in a medically supervised injecting facility

Eliza Skelton, Flora Tzelepis, Anthony Shakeshaft, Ashleigh Guillaumier, William Wood, Marianne E. Jauncey, Allison M. Salmon, Sam McCrabb, Kerrin Palazzi, Billie Bonevski

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Abstract

Introduction: Despite evidence suggesting injection drug users are more likely to die of tobacco-related diseases than from their other drug use, smoking receives little attention. Medically supervised injecting facilities may be a potential setting for the delivery of smoking cessation care. This study aims to explore the acceptability, facilitators and barriers to the implementation of an organisational change intervention to integrate smoking cessation care into usual care at a medically supervised injecting facility.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberPaper 172
Pages (from-to)65-65
Number of pages1
JournalDrug and Alcohol Review
Volume36
Issue numberS1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2017
Externally publishedYes
EventAustralasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs Conference 2017: APSAD Scientific Alcohol and Drug Conference - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 12 Nov 201715 Nov 2017
https://ashm.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/apsad2017/home (Conference website)

Keywords

  • Conference abstract
  • APSAD
  • Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs
  • Smoking cessation care (SCC)
  • Supervised injecting facility
  • Supervised injecting facilities

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