PSSA Young Pharmacists’ Group: Pharmacist and Public Perspectives on Smoking Cessation Services in South African Community Pharmacies

Abstract

My name is Jodiane Benade, and I am a Master’s in Clinical Pharmacy candidate and academic intern at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town. Over the past year and a half, I have been working in a district hospital where I have witnessed, time and again, the devastating impact that smoking has on patients and their families. Every day, I see lives shortened, the quality of life diminished, and hospital beds filled with individuals suffering from conditions that could have been prevented.