Smoking cessation

At some point most of us make a positive behavior change in our lives. Whether it be quitting smoking, increasing our fitness, managing our emotions, or conquering procrastination to improve time management. One of the ways in which behavior change is accomplished is through motivational interviewing. Karzenowski and Puskar (2011) describe motivational interviewing as a tool to help individuals within a supportive and non-judging relationship that’s goal is to elicit change and develop…

inspired by smoking cessation studies, a study that examined the experiences of smoker who on their own and the ones that require extra help to quit smoking to analyze why people have the capability to quit smoking on their own (3). The result had shown that the capability of people can quit smoking on their own is depend on whether they are both mentally and physically ready to make a change and proceed. And soon the model was developed it had been applied to different behaviours other than…

Planning Models Patti Maisner Kaplan University Introduction Evaluation models measure the worth and impact of an intervention or program, done by asking questions, assessing steps, and getting feedback; all which will lead to improvements in the program. Major sections to evaluate are: implementation, effectiveness, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and attribution. All of the above have the potential to save resources, including lives. One popular model is the PRECEDE-PROCEDE model…

The project that I designed will help African Americans to quit smoking and turning their lives around. Healthy people 2020 is designed to inform readers how they improve health, collect data, and keep up with new research and findings every day. The project is about how African Americans are the second leading population…

However, nicotine is the major chemical component in tobacco that is responsible for addiction.[2] Nicotine can be readily absorbed through the mucosa of the mouth, nose, and lungs. It can also be readily absorbed through the skin.[2] With tobacco smoking, nicotine reaches the brain in 10 seconds.[1] Once in the brain, nicotine stimulates the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is primarily responsible for the positive reinforcing aspects of nicotine addiction.[2] The effects of…

To understand that smoking patients are prone to experience higher level of acute or chronic pain than non-smoking patients. To create awareness of the stronger association between patients with smoking history and lower back pain as well as the increase of postoperative complications. To provide patients with alternative coping mechanics other than smoking to easy or forget about pain; while implementing a strong support system. Smoking accelerate the degenerative process, making the body more…

When I was eight-years old, my aunt became pregnant. She was a major chain-smoker and smoked throughout her entire pregnancy. All of the doctors warned her of the major risks that came with smoking during pregnancy, but her excuse was that her mother smoked during her pregnancy and she turned out just fine. My whole family was strongly against it, but my aunt had always had such a laidback personality; at times we thought it was too laidback…

habit started the second week of college when I bought my first pack of Marlboro Lights. Since then I have bought about 5 more packs. By April 29th, I wish to quit smoking. When most people preach about the dangers of smoking, they list facts such as “on average, smokers die 13 to 14 years earlier than nonsmokers” [3] and that smoking causes 480,000 deaths every year in America, [5] but they never tell you how much it affects your motivation. Before going to college, I thought I had everything…

1. There are various ways in which gender influences injury rates. The books provided several major injuries that causes death. This includes poison, motor vehicle accidents, suicide, homicides, and falls. According to CDC (2011), men are twice more likely than women to die from poisons, which is the second leading unintentional injury death of all ages. Suicide is another way that gender influences injury rates. Women are more likely to attempt suicide compare to men, however, men are more…

that nearly 450,000 Americans die every year from smoking-related illnesses (Surgeon General, 2016). The same report revealed that cigarette smoking is responsible for 30 percent of all cancer deaths and 80 percent of coronary obstructive pulmonary Disease (COPD) and early cardiovascular disease and death (2016). By 2013, 8.7 percent of annual spending in the U.S. is attributable to cigarette smoking, costing nearly $170 billion dollars. The Smoking-Attributable Mortality (SAM) paid more than…