TY - JOUR T1 - e.SCCAN self-audit assessment in 15 Portuguese hospital-based smoking cessation services JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 40 IS - Suppl 56 SP - 1383 AU - Sofia Belo Ravara AU - José Manuel Calheiros Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/1383.abstract N2 - Introduction and Aim: Smoking cessation (SC) should be systematically integrated in healthcare. In 2009, the Project leader Professor B. Dautzenberg created the European smoking cessation clinics assessment and network group (e.SCCAN), joining tobacco control experts from 27 EU countries. The aim is to create a network of smoking cessation clinics for identification, definition and dissemination of good practices. Methods: The e.SCCAN developed a questionnaire-tool to evaluate smoking cessations services (SCS): e.SCCAN self-audit. In 2011, the self-audit was applied to 15 Portuguese hospital-based SCS (online survey, 100% collaboration, 30% of total hospitals). Results: Most HCPs working at SCS have been trained in SC. Most SCS participate in SC education activities, but few healthcare providers (HCPs), besides physicians, are involved in SC training. Data analysis showed that there is a need to:• Announce proactively the SCS to the general public and HCPs (healthcare, media, internet)• Educate and Certificate HCPs as cessation experts• Develop team-based SC programmes• Integrate multimodal and complementary SC programmes• Allocate sufficient resources to cessation (time to organization and evaluation-this is part of our job)• Develop tailored programes to specific populations• Interact and work with the community –Health Promotion• Integrate systematic evaluation and research- mandatory cessation indicatorsConclusions: In Portugal, there is room for improvement regarding smoking cessation healthcare services. Smoking cessation should become a priority of the National Healthcare System. ER -