Smoking Recovery Program

Some Important Facts

• We believe that SMOKING is an ADDICTION.
• Ninety-five percent of all smokers successfully quit on their own.
• Four thousand chemical compounds are present in tobacco.
• Major benefits to STOPPING SMOKING:
• Cardio-Vascular
1. Day after stopping, there is a fifty percent lessoned risk of a heart attack.
2. Immediate benefit.
• Cancer
1. Fifty Percent reduction of danger the first year
2. Larynx, Liver, Pancreas, Emphysema
• Cough, Taste, Smell - - leaves within weeks.
• Benefits are NOT FELT.

Surgeon General says Smokers "bad business" When comparing smokers with non-smokers research shows smokers:

• miss 55% more work
• take more breaks
• see doctor 50% more often
• use health insurance systems 50% more
• have twice the death rate among working age people

Goal Week Session Topic

Breaking Thru Denial Understanding the nature and function of cigarette addiction Apply information in a personal way	I	1 2	Getting the Facts The Addiction Cycle
Commitment & Education Become familiar with recovery techniques Make a personal pact	II III IV	3 4 5 6 7 8	Making the Commitment Relaxation and Stress Management Combating Negative Self Talk Recovery Symptoms & Relapse Prevention Design Individual Abstinence Program * Official Abstinence Date
Abstinence Action Plan Develop & Initiate individualized treatment program Support and sustain recovery	V VI VII VIII	9 10 11 12 13 14	Six non topical therapeutic support group sessions addressing: testimonials relaxation problem solving feelings program modifications