Even if a person only smokes a few cigarettes it doesn’t mean they will not benefit from advice on stopping.  There is no safe level of smoking and all people will benefit from quitting. Using VBA will prompt people to make an attempt to quit whether or not they were thinking about it before they saw you.  VBA is a simple piece of advice, offered opportunistically in as little as ’30 seconds’ and can be delivered by any member of staff within the pharmacy using the following format (source: the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT):

To learn more about how to provide VBA to customers the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT) provides free online training modules and resources to develop your skills and confidence in this area. You can click on this link to access this training.