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Episode one: Smoking & Smoking Cessation with Professor David Thomas

Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:08:09
Publish Date: 2018-03-27 21:02:12
Description:

With over 30 years’ experience in Indigenous health, Professor David Thomas from the Menzies School of Health Research discusses updates to the smoking topic from Chapter 1: Lifestyle, in the third edition of the National Guide.

In this episode David, who established and led the Tobacco Control Research Program at Menzies since 2007, highlights the importance of changes in the third edition that emphasise the recommended five As – Ask, Assess, Advise, Assist and Arrange.

The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj​

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