Brief Tobacco Cessation Intervention

"* Ask whether or not the patient currently smokes~* Warn the patients that at least one out of two smokers will be killed by smoking. Recent research shows that two out of three smokers will be killed by smoking. The 10-20-second script could be like 'I warn you that smoking can kill you by many serious diseases and that your chance to be killed prematurely by smoking is about 50% to 67%.~* Advice the patients to quit now or as soon as possible because quitting can reduce the excess risks substantially.~* Refer the patients to a smoking cessation clinic or call telephone quitlines (if available) as soon as possible, emphasizing that smoking cessation counsellors are caring and helpful.~* Do it again: Repeat the intervention among smokers who fail to quit or relapse, and encourage them to try to quit again."

Advice the smokers to eat vegetables, and engage in regular physical activities, and offer the smokers a card which contains information about the benefits of eating vegetables and a pictorial information leaflet which shows the recommended amount of vegetables and fruits an adult should eat a day