Smoking & Vaping Cessation: Practical Strategies for Pharmacists
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About this webinar
This webinar is designed to equip pharmacists with practical, evidence-based strategies to support smoking and vaping cessation in everyday practice. As frontline healthcare professionals, pharmacists play a key role in early identification of nicotine dependence, patient counselling, and ongoing cessation support.
The session addresses both conventional cigarette smoking and vaping, recognising their distinct patterns of use, dependence, and cessation challenges. Through two focused expert-led sessions, pharmacists will gain clinically relevant insights into nicotine addiction, behavioural counselling techniques, and appropriate medication and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) options that can be implemented in pharmacy settings.
With vaping use rising, particularly among younger populations, the webinar also highlights current evidence and guidance on vaping cessation, incorporating perspectives from Singapore’s experience and practice frameworks.
Agenda(UTC+8)
| Time | Program |
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| 18:00 – 18:10 | Webinar Introduction |
| 18:10 – 18:40 |
Conventional Cigarette Smoking: Pharmacist-Led Cessation Strategies By Prof. Mohamad Haniki bin Nik Mohamed |
| 18:40 – 19:15 |
Vaping Cessation – The Current Evidence and strategies. By Dr Puah Ser Hon |
| 19:15 – 19:45 | Q&A and Discussion |
| 19:45 – 19:55 | Promotion of CSCST Program (RTI) |
| 19:55 – 20:00 | Webinar Conclusion |
Learning Outline
1) Conventional Cigarette Smoking: Pharmacist-Led Cessation Strategies
Speaker:Prof. Mohamad Haniki bin Nik Mohamed
Learning Objectives:
- Explain nicotine dependence associated with conventional cigarette smoking.
- Identify behavioural and psychosocial factors commonly encountered by pharmacists.
- Apply evidence-based counselling approaches and medication options suitable for pharmacist-led smoking cessation.
2) Vaping Cessation – The Current Evidence and strategies
Speaker:Dr Puah Ser Hon (Singapore)
Learning Objectives:
- Review current vaping cessation guidance and regulatory considerations, with insights from Singapore’s experience.
- Describe the current strategies what have we learned from the available data for vaping cessation thus far.
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Faculty members: |
Prof. Mohamad Haniki bin Nik Mohamed Professor
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Dr Puah Ser Hon
Senior Consultant Respiratory Physician
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Mr. Munaver Ahmad bin Nazir Ahmad
CEO
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Prof. Dr. Erwin M. Faller Academic Director,
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Dr. Nguyen Nhu Vinh, MD, PhD – Vice President
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Assistant Professor Prasittichai Poonphol Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
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Mr Raj Vaidya Vice-President and Chairperson,
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