(Registration required)
This module is only unlocked after completing core training.
⏱️ 1–2 hours + 45-minute assessment
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National Centre for Smoking Cessation Training (NCSCT)
Very Brief Advice (VBA) Modules
This training is for anyone who comes into contact with people who smoke.
Explore a range of free online training modules here from the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT) to support your professional development in tobacco control and smoking cessation.
VBA on Smoking (VBA+)
Short training module on delivering Very Brief Advice on Smoking
⏱️ 30–60 minutes + 30-minute assessment
Start Module
VBA on Second hand Smoke: Promoting Smokefree Homes and Cars
Short training module on how best to raise the issue of secondhand smoke exposure and promote smokefree homes and cars.
⏱️ 30–60 minutes + 30-minute assessment
VBA on Smoking for Pregnant Women
Short training module on delivering very brief advice on smoking (VBA) to pregnant women, including carbon monoxide (CO) screening.
⏱️ 60 minutes + 30-minute assessment
VBA+ for Homelessness Services
Short training module on delivering very brief advice on smoking (VBA) to people who are homeless.
(Registration required)
⏱️ 60 minutes + 30-minute assessment
🏛️ National Schemes
Swap-to-Stop (Registration required)
Swap-to-Stop offers people who smoke the opportunity to quit by switching to vaping, with or without attending a stop smoking service.
⏱️ 60 minutes + 30-minute assessment
National Smoke-Free Pregnancy Incentives Scheme
A short training module on incentives for stopping smoking in pregnancy.
⏱️ 30–60 minutes + 30-minute assessment
💡 Additional Learning (No Assessments)
Stop Smoking Aids (Registration required)
A short training module on stop smoking aids such as stop smoking medications and nicotine vapes.
⏱️ 2 hours
Vaping: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals
This course is designed to provide health and social care professionals with up-to-date evidence and practice guidance on nicotine vapes and vaping.
⏱️ 2 hours
Stop Smoking Practitioner Training
This training is only for Stop Smoking Practitioners working in Local Stop Smoking Services in Cheshire and Merseyside Local Authorities.
Free registration is required to access these modules
(Advisor training for NHS staff is in the section after this one)
🔑 NCSCT Core Practitioner Training
Stop Smoking Practitioner Training & Assessment Programme
Equips you with the core competences to effectively help people who smoke to quit. Upon completion, you will become a Certified Stop Smoking Practitioner.
(Registration required)
⏱️ 4–7 hours + 1-hour assessment
NHS Training Tobacco Dependency Treatment Service staff Training: Acute inpatients
This training is only for NHS workers, including advisors in NHS Tobacco Treatment Dependency (TTD) Services, Clinical Staff and Prescribers and GPs.
