Professor Brian O'Connell:

I will not repeat what Dr. Kavanagh said. The HSE has a very good programme called Making Every Contact Count, MECC, which is an integrated programme rolled out to all health professionals. We are doing it now and teaching it to staff and students. It involves all care providers working together so that they all provide the same health messages about smoking, diet and exercise. Everybody eventually interacts with somebody, be it the dentist, pharmacist, GP or community health nurse. The important point is that we all give the same messages on health.