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The NCSCT Training and Assessment Programme is based on the competences (knowledge and skills) required by stop smoking practitioners

The NCSCT Training Programme will provide you with a good understanding of the factors involved in smoking and smoking cessation, and will link this theoretical understanding to professional practice. The training programme includes the information required for the stage 1 and 2 assessments; upon completion of these stop smoking practitioners will gain Full NCSCT Certification