smoking cessation: but i don’t want to quit!
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Updated to include LifeServices' LiveWell Smoking Cessation services!TRANSCRIPT
by LifeServices EAP
1-800-822-4847
Margie Roop, LPCC-S; CEAP; SAP
36 years smoke-free!
Your Presenter…
“They still haven’t proven that cigarettes cause cancer.”
“I don’t smoke enough to get diseases caused by smoking.”
“It’s too hard…I won’t make it.”
Excuses Not to Quit…
“I use low tar cigarettes…”
“Smoking relaxes me…”
“IF I stop smoking, I’ll gain weight.”
Excuses (continued)…
“I’ve smoked so long it won’t make any difference.”
“Air pollution is just as dangerous as cigarettes.”
Excuses (continued…
Tips to Quit smoking
Understand habit-breaking
Stress Reduction Techniques
Review of Resources
Objectives…
“…I’ve quit a thousand times…”
Mark Twain said…
Emotional Impact of quitting
What Has Worked for You Before?
Excuses Not To Stop
Are You Worth It…?
And Finally…
Things to Consider….
“…Please, Margie, don’t say it…”
You’re going to say it..
Yours…
&
Others…
“You’ve only one life to live!”
Your Health
1. Get Ready
2. Get Support
3. Learn New Skills and Behaviors
4. NRT
5. “Boy Scout Motto”
Five Quick Tips to Stop…
Set a quit date
Change your environment
Get rid of all ashtrays at home, work, car and all cigarettes
Don’t let people smoke in your home
Review your last attempt to quit
Get Ready…
Tell family, friends, coworkers you are quitting and ask for their support. Ask them not to smoke around you.
Talk to your healthcare provider
Get individual, group or telephone counseling
Get Support...
Distract yourself from urges; talk to someone, go for a walk, get busy with a task, change your routine
Change your routine. Drive a different way to work. Eat Breakfast in a different place. Drink tea instead of coffee.
Learn New Skills and Behaviors
Do something to reduce stress…take a hot bath, exercise, go for a walk, read a book…
Learn New Skills …
It’s helpful to know how your emotions work…how your thinking, attitudes, beliefs affect your reactions or emotions.
It’s as simple as A, B, C & D…!
Stress Reduction
Activating event: I’m stressed!
Belief about it: I can handle it
C: You have an emotional reaction to your belief=relaxed
D:You act upon it=go do yoga!
Can all be applied to smoking-cessation
A, B, C’s & D!Thanks to Albert Ellis, Ph.D., father of Rational Emotive Therapy
Gums, lozenges, inhalers
Patches
Zyban
Chantix
Atropine and scopolamine
Nicotine Reduction Therapy (NRT)
Dealing with habits are like are like dealing with a “Three Headed Dragon”
Physical Head
Emotional Head
Thinking Head
Managing Habits
Avoid drinking alcohol
Avoid being around cigarette smoke
Most relapses occur within the first three months
Don’t let weight gain stop you!
“Be Prepared”… for Relapse or Difficult Situations…
LiveWell WorkLife Services:
Include telephonic coaching with a smoking cessation expert
On-site smoking cessation workshops
On-site smoking cessation groups for employees who want to quit
On-line smoking cessation tools & resources
Have your employer call us!
LifeServices EAP’s Resources
•1-800-QUIT NOW: Free; five (5) 20-minute phone coaching consults; most U.S. States have a QUIT NOW line!
•Nicotine Anonymous meetings are everywhere: look up one in your area!
•Most local hospitals offer smoking cessations courses to companies and to the public!
Your Local Resources:
Have your company call us if you need assistance or if you have any
questions!
LifeServices EAP
1-800-822-4848
Hang in there and Good Luck!