Smoking cessation
0The new pharmacy contract has expanded who can deliver the smoking cessation service, as well as adding the provision of two drugs via PGDs.
2A new SLA sent out for a local varenicline smoking cessation service means pharmacists who take up the service will be operating at a loss, and result in “clinical risk” if they take up the service.
0MPs have called for clarifications of advertising restrictions for nicotine vapes to ensure pharmacists don’t find themselves “on the wrong side of the law” for promoting vaping as a “stop smoking device”.
0Pilot pharmacies are set to offer patients vouchers for a vape “starter kit” and “up to four weeks’ worth of vape liquid” in a bid to help them quit smoking.
0More people are looking for help quitting smoking in their community pharmacies, new NHS England (NHSE) data has shown.
0Consilient Health is to launch a new smoking cessation product this month.
0Almost three-quarters of respondents to a C+D snapshot poll have said that they do not think that vapes should be offered in community pharmacies.
0Welsh member of Senedd (MS) John Griffiths has suggested that vapes should only be available on prescription at pharmacies.
0The pharmacy chain will no longer sell single-use vapes but will continue to offer refillable varieties, it told C+D.
0Philip Morris Inc is seemingly no longer a sponsor and exhibitor at industry showcase the Pharmacy Show after pharmacists objected to the presence of the cigarette manufacturer at a healthcare conference.