Personalized support from healthcare professionals trained in tobacco cessation, combined with treatments if necessary, increases the chances of living a long-term smoke-free life.

Many people would like to quit smoking but don't feel ready. Professionals are trained in motivational interviewing techniques that can help you gain clarity and find your own motivation.

Tobacco cessation consultations are directly accessible.

You do not need to go through your primary care physician. If you wish them to be informed of your request, a report will be sent to them, as well as to your other medical contacts.

Following your phone appointment, a questionnaire will be sent to you by mail or email. You can take your time completing this form at your leisure, from the comfort of your home. This will help us get to know you better.

During your first appointment, which lasts approximately one hour, you will give this questionnaire to the tobacco cessation specialist. This initial consultation allows them to assess your addiction, as well as your motivation.

At the end of the consultation, you and the tobacco cessation specialist will agree on one or more objectives and the means to achieve them. This objective may be to quit smoking, but also a gradual reduction in consumption, or a change in smoking habits.

Appointments are arranged between you and the tobacco cessation specialist. They can be close together or further apart depending on your needs.

If the treatment requires it, the tobacco specialist can call upon the skills of the dietician and/or the psychologist of the unit.

Most nicotine replacement therapies, when prescribed, are covered by health insurance.
The treatments used by the professionals in this unit are those approved by the HAS (French).

• Initial training of health students (medicine, pharmacy, nursing, midwifery, etc.) and continuing education of health professionals (Coordination of the tobacco module in the University Diploma in Addictology at the University of Caen, etc.)
• In-hospital training: support for withdrawal and prescription of nicotine replacement therapy in the hospital

• Co-management of the Tobacco-Free Healthcare Facility (LSST) group within the Caen Normandy University Hospital, with the implementation of the Zero Tobacco University Hospital initiative in conjunction with RESPADD
• Participation in national and regional work on the implementation of the national policy to combat smoking (PNLT 2018-2022)
• Public awareness campaign, particularly around World No Tobacco Day on May 31 and the No Tobacco Month in November.

UCT has signed an agreement with the Vape du Cœur association