The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7335 p139
5 February 2005

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Stop-smoking advice to be given to children in Scotland

A Scottish scheme to provide a smoking cessation service through schools, youth centres and community venues to those aged 14–18 years will be launched in Lanarkshire later this year.

Pupils will be trained to support and counsel their friends to help them quit smoking. Nicotine replacement therapy could be prescribed for the those over 14 years of age where other options are not successful. Although the details of how NRT will be prescribed have yet to be finalised, a spokesman said that there is expected to be some pharmacy involvement.

The co-ordinators will conduct preparation work with the schools from No Smoking Day (9 March) onwards and the main project launch is expected to be in the summer. The scheme will be funded for two years by the National Lottery’s New Opportunities Fund.