Smoking cessation

She was a two-pack a day smoker for twenty years. She kept attempting to quit smoking but was never quite successful. In her own head she thought she wanted to quit, but she would constantly come up with excuses. At the time, she did not realize she was rationalizing, but with hindsight being perfect she can see her flaws. She would…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had established a commercial campaign called Tips From Former Smokers to help spread recognition of the side-affects smoking has on the human body. Terri Hall was a former smoker, who suffered from throat cancer due to her addiction to nicotine. She encourages individuals to stop before it is too late before all of “this” (Terri Hall) happens to you. Terri is referring to her statement “this” because she endured a surgery that would change her life…

Disease Control and Prevention(2014) the fact sheet presented “Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking”, “If you quit smoking, your risks for cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder drop by half within 5 years”. Thus by quitting the use of tobacco, healthy living is improved in many ways.…

Disease Control and Prevention), "cigarette-smoking kills more than 480,000 Americans each year, about 17% of those deaths were from exposure to secondhand smoke”. One of those victims of secondhand smoke would be an infant whose life hasn’t begun yet. In the United States, according to a study of 39 states and New York City, about 11% of expecting mothers stated smoking during their pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). Smoking during pregnancy leads to very severe…

clients and colleagues. In this paper, I will critique an interview I had with my client, Laura, regarding her habit of smoking and the struggles surrounding her ability to quit. I will discuss the motivational skills used throughout the interview as well as the specific areas in which I was successful or not successful…

Child Abandoned Drugs destroy people’s lives daily. The “Quit Smoking Commercial” made by the organization, Quit, is targeting parents who are shortening their lives by the use of cigarettes. Since smoking destroys lives, he or she ultimately abandons their child by smoking, leaving them lost in this cold world. The advertisement pierces into the hearts of parents by presenting a metaphorical situation where a child losing his mother in a train station represents a mother dying leaving a child…

With the alarming amount of smokers, agencies spend billions of dollars every year on anti-smoking advertisements. Anti-smoking agencies enlighten audiences of the negative effects of smoking and endeavor to persuade them to stop smoking. The visual I chose is a commercial engendered by an anti-smoking agency called Quit. The commercial is aimed towards older adults who smoke and have a kid. The commercial shows a mother and a son walking in what seems like a busy airport terminal. Suddenly, the…

To complete this I first did research by reading scientific journals that had done similar testing. My observations from the scientific journals was that smoking would have an acute effect of someone’s blood pressure. After I collected the research I then went onto the islands project and gathered a random sample of people to study. The random sample was selected using an online random number generator that…

unhealthy behavior that she conducts daily is smoking 2-3 cigarettes a day (on someday it is just one). Cultural factors include her views of smoking and obesity. Cultural Factors Smoking According to Lynd, smoking is a habit that almost everyone she knows in her family and friends engage in Vietnam. When asked, “what was the purpose of smoking?” Lynd replied with “Its mostly for fun when I was young.…

have strongly impacted the world with their tobacco research. By combining scientific evidence with innovative technology, they create resources to help young Canadians quit smoking.(1) The accomplishments of UW staff and students have been recognized around the world. Their innovative approaches and extensive research on smoking have received attention from the World Health Organization, the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Medical Association.(2) Moreover, the University of Waterloo…