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#4 - Assist
Aid the client in her cessation attempt. Help her set a cessation date within the next four weeks, acknowledging that no time is ideal to quit. Provide clients with self-help materials. If the client is not willing to quit at this time, provide her with motivating literature. Your office may also want to ask clients to sign a cessation date contract.Implementation:
Help the client develop a plan to quit
- Set a cessation date
- Remove tobacco products
Provide practical counseling
- Abstinence is desired end result of counseling
- Past quit experiences
- Triggers
- Social situations
Provide
internal treatment social support
- Supportive clinical environment
- "My office staff and I are able to assist you."
Help client obtain
external treatment social support
- Ask spouse/partner, friends, and co-workers to support her in her quit attempt
Provide supplementary materials
- Sources - federal agencies, non-for-profits, local and state health departments
- Type - culturally/racially/educationally/ age appropriate for client
- Location - readily available
Supplemental Handout Materials in PDF
- Nicotine Addiction & How to Quit
- American Lung Association Fact Sheet - Smoking 101 (website)
- Getting Started
- Quitting One Day at a Time
- Sample Quit Contract
- Smoking Facts: Effects of Smoking During Pregnancy on the Mother and the Fetus
