Recording Smoking Status

1. To record a smoking status, highlight the indicator and either double click, right click or choose the smoking icon on the toolbar.
2. Select a smoking Read code and optionally enter a quantity.

   Training Tip - Click Show More to select from a full list of Smoking Read codes or click it again to revert to the shortened list of Read codes.

3. Record the smoking date or choose from a calendar.
4. If the patient is a smoker or ex-smoker record the smoking cessation advice and optionally enter a second cessation code.
5. Enter the date of cessation date or choose from a calendar.
6. Click OK to save the changes on the patient record.

   

   Smoking

   Note - When the smoking entry is added to the patient record, the date started and date stopped boxes are not currently populated.