Smoking Cessation Flashcards
How many consultations of per year
how many billings
Consists of what
8 billings with money + 1 mandatory billing (not paid, to ensure continuity)
40$ initial assessment
3x primary follow up (15 each)
4x secondary follow up (10 each)
How long do you have to wait if patient withdraws from billing
1 year
How often do you need to update smoking cessation certificate
every 5 years
What are the 5As that training program must have
Ask
Advise
Assess
Assist
Arrange
What is the minimum requirement for smoking cessation (2)
Need to be willing to quit in the next month
Need to set a quit date
What does it mean if patient is smoking within 30 minutes upon waking?
Use stronger dose
Should you focus on the “how” or “why” to quit in the first consultation meeting
How
What are important points to note in the first quit consultation meeting? (4)
of cigarettes
Time to first cigarette
Previous quit attempt methods
Medical conditions
T/F the first consultation quit meeting has to be in person
False
Differentiate between primary and secondary follow ups
Primary:
- focus on proper use
- dosage
- side effects of smoking cessation
Secondary:
- Just for motivation
What to do if patient does not answer in 3 call attempts?
Regular client
Not a regular
Regular client
- hold & document attempt
Not a regular
- close off program with unknown status
How long does primary & secondary follow-up have to be billed?
Primary
- within 21 days
Secondary
- within 30 days
T/F Primary and secondary follow-up forms are the same?
True
What is the purpose of the final evaluation form?
Paid/unpaid?
to document quit status
- successful or unsuccessful or unknown
- unpaid
- for data
What is the definition of a successful quit?
Ministry does not define
T/F tobacco use disorder is the #3 cause of preventable death and disease in canada
False
- #1
How much shorter is life expectancy for smokers?
At least 10 years
What medical conditions can arise from smoking consequences? (10)
- Stroke, CHD
- PAD
- ED
- Diabetes
- Osteoporosis/hip fractures
- Cataracts
- Macular degeneration
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- COPD
- Dementia
What are pregnancy effects of smoking?
- Decreased fertility
- preterm deliver
- stillbirth (death of baby before birth)
- Low birth weight
- Sudden infant death
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Orofacial clefts
- ADHD in children
How does smoking affect sperm
Affect number of sperm with abnormal morphology
- inc risk of birth defects
- miscarriage
- childhood cancer
Which receptor does nicotine stimulate? Release what?
Stimulate A4 B2 ACh receptor in the brain to release dopamine
How many mg of nicotine does each cig have?
How many is absorbed?
Lethal dose?
8-20mg
- 1-2 mg is absorbed
500-1500mg is lethal dose
What are negative effects of nicotine
BP inc #
HR inc #
- highly addictive with fast delivery
- teratogenic in fetal development
- inc BP by 5-10 mmHg
- inc HR by 10-20 bpm
What are positive benefits of nicotine? (3)
- Stimulates memory and alertness
- Improves depression, anxiety, pain, tourette’s, ADHD, weight loss, schizophrenia
- lower incidence of alzheimer’s, parkinson’s, colitis
T/F is nicotine as addicting as crack cocaine?
True
How much does quitting smoking before the age of 40 reduce risk of dying from smoking-related disease?
90%