An analysis of a Commitment Contract for Smoking Cessation (CARES)
Maastricht University
School of Business & Economics
Place & date:
Maastricht, 23. January 2014
Names, initials:
Irene Lopez Santiago, Maxime Mülhausen, Léo Schwering
For assessor only
ID number:
I6075315, I6075392, I6075347
1. Content
Study:
EC, IB, IB
2. Language structure
Course code:
EBS 1001
3. Language accuracy
Group number:
Tutorial Group 15
Group A
4. Language: Format & citing/referencing
Tutor name:
Diogo Da Cunha Batista Geraldes
Overall:
Writing tutor name:
Diogo Da Cunha Batista Geraldes
Advisory grade
1. Introduction
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After six months they were asked to come in to take an urine test, to detect nicotine and cotinine. If they passed, their money was returned to them. If they failed, the money was given to charity. The aim of this product was to psychologically influence smokers to attempt to stop smoking, as they were under pressure of losing some of their money if they did not (Giné, Karlan & Zinman, 2009).
The results from this program showed a reasonably good outcome, when taking into consideration the success rate of other programs with a similar aim. Overall, the same percentage of people stopped smoking as with any other smoking program. However, the amount of money that the effort took was considerably lower than with other schemes (Giné et al., 2009). After all, nicotine patches need to be frequently purchased until the physical addiction passes, and the same applies to other schemes, so that quitting smoking is relatively expensive, even if not as much as keeping smoking indefinitely. Of course this program has just been studied in one occasion, and to be certain of its success more trials and long term scrutiny should be made.
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It has been trying to aware students about the dangers of drugs and alcohol (Spielman, 2014). This technique is a good way to let students know that doing drugs and alcohol is bad. In the future when someone asks them to do drugs with them, they will not be afraid to say “NO”; which will allow them to live a healthier and longer life. An effective treatment for drug users would be rehabilitation. For a person to want to go to rehab, they have to really want to quit doing drugs in order for it to be effective. In rehab, they learn how to live life without having to use drugs and how to get back on their feet as re-enter society to rebuild their life. As for smokers, nicotine replacement therapy would be good for smokers trying to quit. Nicotine replacement therapy helps reduce the symptom withdraw. Some of the types of nicotine replacement therapy are patches, gum and inhalers. What each of these items does is they provide a certain amount of nicotine. If it is gum, you chew it to release the nicotine and it will be absorbed throughout mouth. As for nicotine patches, it is a patch placed on the skin and it releases the nicotine into the skin. For the inhaler, this one needs a prescription in order to use; this is what it sounds like it is an inhaler. Once you inhale, the nicotine will turn to a vapor and the nicotine spreads throughout the throat and
Unfortunately, clinical trials do not mimic the real world. The first problem with the trial is that it was too short. Other than this, the clinical trial failed to mimic real-life social situations. People in the real world spend time with friends, go to work and have families. You have to test nicotine patches in these situations, or you will never know if they work.
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Smoking is still a pressing issue for Americans, despite efforts to regulate and lessen tobacco use. One in every five Americans still regularly smokes a cigarette, and those who attempt to quit aren’t utilizing all the assistance resources available to them. With these treatments being more prominent now than ever before, there is evidence that supports the effects of a quitter using aid compared to one who does not. Providing brief interventions about tobacco cessation may encourage more quit attempts and use of appropriate treatments, such as a quit-lines or medication. Despite many efforts, healthcare providers are still failing to provide brief interventions to patients, which therefore exposes flaws in a healthcare-based strategy to drive
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It is crucial that officials have efficient ways to enforce the rules, and that prison systems are prepared for inmates to experience nicotine withdrawal. With nicotine withdrawal being such a powerful obstacle, the process of quitting can be very difficult to smokers. Luckily, prison facilities have come to the realization that the best way to alleviate this is by offering plenty of smoking cessation programs. Smoking cessation is the process of an individual ending their use of nicotine and tobacco products. It has been proven that one of the main reasons for such high smoking rates among the prisoner population is the lack of smoking cessation programs available.
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would like to discuss replacement therapy for tobacco, and the helpful ways of quitting, there are different ways to quit smoking and kicking that nasty habit, to increase your life term. According to the CDC Tobacco use can lead to tobacco/nicotine dependence and serious health problems. Quitting smoking greatly reduces the risk of developing smoking-related diseases and early death. It can lead to lung cancer and many other types of cancer and risk for heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease (narrowing of the blood vessels outside your heart). (, 2015) There have been different types of therapy to reduce the use of nicotine and tobacco use. Such as medications that’s been approved by your PCP, nicotine patches, and Hypnosis.
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