Treating and Preventing Nicotine Addiction

Hockett 2015

Lesson Objectives Assess the difficulty of quitting tobacco use;

Summarize strategies used to quit tobacco use;

Outline effective strategies to prevent and discourage tobacco use;

analyze the government’s role in preventing tobacco use and encourage quitting; and

utilize refusal, ;literacy and critical thinking skills to resist tobacco.

Vocabulary Laryngectomy

Nicotine replacement

Response substitution

Stimulus control

Treatment Unfortunately, smoking is a hard habit to break…

Even people who experience life-threatening, smoking-related illnesses have difficulty quitting.

40% of people with laryngectomy still smoke.

Laryngectomy - is a surgical procedure in which the larynx is removed, requiring the person to breathe through an opening in his or her neck.

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It's never too late! For someone to quit smoking…

May help with decrease blood pressure, decreased heart rate, and coughing.

Decrease the risk for having a heart attack, or developing cancers.

Quitting can be difficult, nicotine addiction can be treated.

Treatment methods include nicotine replacement, medication, and self management techniques.

Nicotine Replacement Nicotine replacement - a method of battling addiction in which tobacco users gradually reduce their nicotine consumption.

In this treatment tobacco users continue to put nicotine into their bodies.

Small amounts to help with their withdrawal symptoms.

Eventually people find that they need less and less.

Common application is nicotine patches or gum

Medications Prescribed by a Doctor Some medications prescribed by a doctor help smokers quit by stimulating dopamine.

Dopamine is a chemical in the brain that leads people to experience the same type of effects caused by nicotine use.

Self- Management Identifying situations that trigger the desire for tobacco use and developing techniques to resist temptation.

Stimulus Control - involves trying to avoid tempting situations and managing feelings that lead to nicotine use.

Response Substitution - a technique in which people train themselves to respond to stress with healthy methods of coping and relaxation, rather that smoking.

Additional Strategies and Resources Attend individual or group counseling.

Talk to a school guidance counselor, doctor, teacher, or other trusted adult.

Call a telephone helpline that provides free counseling to those who are trying to quit smoking

Research online resources for helping quitting.

Prevention Government- Based Strategies

Smoking cost society an estimated 289 billion a year in healthcare cost.

Government issues out State and federal laws that regulate the sale, use, cost, and advertisement of tobacco products.

Prevention Banning the Sale of Tobacco Products - The sale of tobacco is prohibited to anyone younger than 18, also in 2010 banned the sale of candy and fruit flavored cigarettes.

Banning Smoking in Public Places - Can't smoke in public places.

Increasing Taxes on Cigarettes - Increased price and taxes. This may prevent people from even starting to smoke.

Requiring Warning Labels packaging - increase warning labels on packages.

Prevention

Unit Review 3

1. What health benefits do smokers experience after a few days of quitting smoking.

2. List the three main strategies for quitting tobacco use and briefly explain each strategy.

3. Identify four government- based strategies used to discourage tobacco use.

Unit 3 Answers 1. Decrease in blood pressure, heart rate, and coughing2. Nicotine replacement- addicts consume lessening amounts of nicotine to

combat dependence; medication - prescribed substances alleviate withdrawal symptoms while smokers cease nicotine consumption; self-management techniques to resist temptation.

3. bans on sale of tobacco products, bans on smoking in public places, high taxes on cigarettes, required warning labels.