European Workshop on Tobacco Use Prevention

The 1st European workshop on Tobacco Prevention and Cessation for Oral Health Professionals took place in Switzerland from 8-11 October 2005.

The workshop objectives were to:-

• Review the present paradigms and current concepts of tobacco cessation in dental offices.
• Introduce motivational interviewing into the dental profession.
• Update recent recommendations for both the education of tobacco cessation supported by nicotine substitutes and the organization of dental practice settings.
• Discuss research questions and appropriate study designs that will generate comparable results in education, stop smoking rates and improvement in oral health.
• Review public health approaches in tobacco control and identify the potential role of the dental profession in these activities.
• Communicate outcomes of the workshop elaborations with dental, dental hygienist's schools and oral health care companies.
• Establish a network for quality control.

The proceedings of the workshop and resources to support smoking cessation counselling and training will be available soon. Click here to visit the organisers' website for information about the initiative.