The State Hospital, Carstairs

Organisation:  The State Hospital, Carstairs
Lead / Main Contact:  Stephen Milloy / Carol Ann Topping
Duration:  3 years (Oct 2004-Oct 2007)
Target Group:  Mental Health

Project Profile:
The State Hospital at Carstairs aimed to address smoking cessation in a structured manner, by monitoring and recording patients' smoking status; developing and delivering a smoking cessation programme and providing uniform advice to patients who smoke; and by providing smoking cessation education, in the form of Brief Advice and Specialist practitioner training for key staff members.

The Executive Summary and Final Report of this project are available upon request via enquiries@ashscotland.org.uk.