Chapter 7 (Smoking)

Question 1

Why is it targeted

Answer 1

• Smoking kills an estimated 15 000 Australians each year.
• Smoking affects vulnerable population groups disproportionality ,including people living outside major cities and people from Indigenous and low socioeconomic backgrounds being more likely to smoke.
It is a modifiable risk factor meaning it’s impact are largely preventable.

Question 2

Effectiveness of smoking policies

Answer 2

A 10 per cent rise in price of cigarettes resulted in a 3.2 per cent decline in prevalence among low-income smokers.
In 1985, 32 per cent of Victorians were regular smokers. By 2012, this had fallen by more than half, with just 13 per cent of Victorians smoking regularly.

Question 3

My QuitBuddy app

Answer 3

Developed as part of the National Tobacco Campaign, the My Quit- Buddy is a free smartphone app which was created to assist Australian smokers of any age, gender and socioeconomic status to quit smoking.

Question 4

My quit buddy ottawa

Answer 4

• The app provides feedback to users enabling them to track how many cigarettes they haven’t smoked, how many grams of tar they’ve not inhaled, how much money they’ve saved each day and how many days they’ve been smoke free. This assists in developing personal skills by providing information that can assist in reducing the risk of smoking-related diseases.
• My QuitBuddy creates a supportive environment by allowing users to record personal goals and provides motivation to users to quit smoking using pictures of loved ones and audio messages. There is also a community board where users can gain motivation and support from thousands of other people also quitting.

Question 5

Quit for you, quit for two app.

Answer 5

Developed as part of the National Tobacco Campaign, the Quit for you, quit for two is a free smartphone app which was created to assist Australian smokers who are pregnant, or planning to be, to quit smoking.

Question 6

Quit for you, quit for two app.

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Answer 6

• The app creates a supportive environment by including fun exercises and games to keep the users hands busy to help beat cravings. It also includes facts about the baby’s development to provide more reasons to resist any urges to smoke. The app can be personalized to give the user daily reminders and words of encouragement. By entering the baby’s due date, the app will automatically send messages the baby’s growth and development.
• It develops personal skills by providing practical quit tips and advice to quit smoking. The app also provides a running tally of how much money has been saved by not smoking and what items could be purchased with that money.

Question 7

Smoking laws

Answer 7

• Smoking is banned in all workplaces and restaurants.
• It is an offence to smoke in a vehicle where there is a person under the age of 18 present.
• A ban on smoking in government school grounds became effective in July 2009.
• Smoking at all Victorian patrolled beaches is banned.

Question 8

quitline

Answer 8

Quitline is a telephone service that people can use to receive advice and behaviour change support to quit smoking.

Quitline is a clinical service, staffed by highly trained specialists, that creates a supportive environment by providing support throughout the quitting process and also develops personal skills by ,providing advice and practical strategies for quitting