Topics include motivation, stress management, the effects of smoking, preparing to quit, relapse prevention, dealing with peer pressure, media awareness, support networks, and healthy lifestyles. Four optional booster sessions are offered after the program's conclusion" (NOT, 2009, CDC).
The success of the NOT program is attributed to the way that the facilitators 'speak the language' of the participants. However, the need for having counselors who are familiar with the culture, lifestyle, and economic resources of the community is not limited to teen programs, rather this policy of having counselors know the population they service is a necessary component of all anti-smoking initiatives. Counselors must be able to compellingly demonstrate that they can truly understand the unique stressors that affect that community -- and share, if relevant, their own success stories about quitting with participants. Connecting quitting smoking to a series of positive lifestyle changes, such as reducing body weight, and reducing foods in the diet that contribute to hypertension is also important.
The proposed program would consist of weekly support meetings for community volunteers, who would also be able to access a 'hotline' when they felt moments of weakness. Guest speakers would attend the meeting to provide additional support for nutritional and lifestyle choices to make both quitting and maintaining a healthy weight more feasible. To recruit individuals, flyers will be posted regarding the proposed beginning of a formal support group for individuals seeking to quit smoking and engage in weight reduction strategies.
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One of the problems with studying the efficacy of certain programs and techniques for quitting tobacco is that quite often participants use a variety of strategies. The participants in the NOT program were compared with teens who did not participate in the high school program. The study found that the quitting rates by non-participants or those who experienced only a brief intervention were 15% and 8% lower, respectively, than participants. The rate of individuals who abstained from tobacco within the proposed program could be compared against the demographics of similar groups of individuals nationally, and against a wider survey of the immediate community of smokers. However, to truly gain a sense of the program's efficacy, long-term data must be recorded, as tobacco use obviously...
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