Smoking Cessation
Tobacco smoking contributes to cardiovascular disease, cancer, and lung disease and is a “leading preventable cause of death” (Fritz, Wider, Hardin, & Horrocks, 2008b; Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014; Stephenson & Allen, 2007; Tingen et al., 2006). There are 440,000 deaths alone from tobacco use in the United States (Stephenson & Allen, 2007; Tingen et al., 2006). Smoking cessation programs are great ways nurses can encourage patients with hypertension to go. Studies show that to decrease the rate of hypertension in the population and promote public health worldwide smoking must be discontinued.
Primary prevention starts with people who have not started smoking yet. The Healthy People 2020 initiatives aim to decrease the number of adolescent smokers by 5% who begin to smoke (Fritz et al., 2008b; Healthy People 2020). The American Cancer Society states that at least 70% of smokers want to quit, 35% attempt to, and 5% succeed (Stephenson & Allen, 2007). With a decrease in the number of patients who smoke, the number of …show more content…
Fritz et al., (2008a) developed a program that takes adolescents through the “Stage of Change” theory, which includes “pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance.” The adolescent will move through these stages in a dynamic way in that sometimes regression occurs. Other similar programs have shown to be successful by targeting diverse teens with a goal of increasing smoking self-efficacy and support to quit along with improving self-esteem, stress management and smoking cessation. Using programs such as the “Computerized Adolescent Smoking Cessation Program or American Lung Association’s “Not on Tobacco” program has yielded 22% of adolescents who quit smoking and 64.5% reduction of cigarette smoking rates (Fitz et al.,
Tobacco smoking contributes to cardiovascular disease, cancer, and lung disease and is a “leading preventable cause of death” (Fritz, Wider, Hardin, & Horrocks, 2008b; Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014; Stephenson & Allen, 2007; Tingen et al., 2006). There are 440,000 deaths alone from tobacco use in the United States (Stephenson & Allen, 2007; Tingen et al., 2006). Smoking cessation programs are great ways nurses can encourage patients with hypertension to go. Studies show that to decrease the rate of hypertension in the population and promote public health worldwide smoking must be discontinued.
Primary prevention starts with people who have not started smoking yet. The Healthy People 2020 initiatives aim to decrease the number of adolescent smokers by 5% who begin to smoke (Fritz et al., 2008b; Healthy People 2020). The American Cancer Society states that at least 70% of smokers want to quit, 35% attempt to, and 5% succeed (Stephenson & Allen, 2007). With a decrease in the number of patients who smoke, the number of …show more content…
Fritz et al., (2008a) developed a program that takes adolescents through the “Stage of Change” theory, which includes “pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance.” The adolescent will move through these stages in a dynamic way in that sometimes regression occurs. Other similar programs have shown to be successful by targeting diverse teens with a goal of increasing smoking self-efficacy and support to quit along with improving self-esteem, stress management and smoking cessation. Using programs such as the “Computerized Adolescent Smoking Cessation Program or American Lung Association’s “Not on Tobacco” program has yielded 22% of adolescents who quit smoking and 64.5% reduction of cigarette smoking rates (Fitz et al.,