Health Benefits Of Smoking Cessation

The smoking cessation was witnessed by the author throughout her placement. This was used on a daily basis in the community by district nurses, health visitors, but especially by the general practice nurses as being incorporated in each consultation in the form of advices, leaflets, smoking cessation programs including medication and follow-ups.

We first started doing our health campaign on smoking and aimed it on people that were 16 years old and pregnant women. Smoking causes health problems such as several types of cancer which have been broadcasted through advertising and several other campaigns warning people about the repercussions of smoking. There have been many national health strategies to help promote the negative impact of smoking on our health. One campaign is by the NHS called ‘Smoke Free’ which is there to help people stop smoking and give them encouragement to do so. With public health, the Government has decreased the amount of people smoking due to

These programs usually start with a baseline assessment to give the participant a target goal and amount of time expected for the intervention. Usually these intervention last for 12 weeks and are separated into three stages (pre intentional, intentional, action), which is based on the status and intent to quit smoking:

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a condition that refers to chronic airflow limitations and is a term associated with chronic bronchitis and emphysema (American Nurse Today, 2012). According to American Nurse Today, COPD is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide (ANA, 2012). As nurses, it is essential to provide appropriate education to patients with COPD on home oxygen to ensure quality of life and safety.

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

Egan's also goes on to explain that during smoking cessation a RT could follow the 5 A's, of smoking cessation “Ask if they are smoking, Advise to quit, Assess willingness to quit, Assist by providing a plan, Arrange a follow-up” (Kacmarek et al. 523). The Therapists role now begins to get further involved with the patient, and progresses to shift from educating the patient to counseling the patient. Thus building rapport with the patient and further reinforcing the idea of quitting

Goals of therapy: Is to eliminate nicotine cravings and desire to smoke in 10 weeks.

Drives against smoking and campaign versus this sick habit that started out number of decades back have already been able to encourage the smokers to stroll away from it. You will find a number of chain smokers who are looking to quit the cigarette not only for their wellness but also for individuals who are close to them. But, it really is quite tough for them to acquire rid of this habit in a simple method, so that they seem up for cigarette cessations. You'll find numerous firms that have taken the advantage of the need and also have started out manufacturing cessation items which may be fulfill the requirements of to conventional cigarettes. Products, such as nicotine patches and nicotine are being employed considering that prolonged time, but haven't proved their really worth.

This association also advocates that nurses who work with smoker patients should show knowledge, skills and abilities for supporting and monitoring of smokers in the smoking cessation process, implementation of preventive actions against second-hand smoke, trying to develop interventions to stop smoking and

Originally these recommendations were published in the journal “Annals of Internal Medicine” in 2015. In this article, the behavioral recommendations in which our Capstone project we will be focusing on, listed counseling, feedback, health education, incentives, and social support as effective interventions (Siu, 2015). Telephone calls provided by train staff proved to be effective in smoking abstinence. As our group continues to form our project, this information will be a motivational tool for us in hopes of reducing the number of pregnant smokers in Carter County.

Overall, of 103830 records 82534 mothers’ data were analyzed that were obtained from the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Certificate of Live Birth. Descriptive results of maternal and birth characteristics are shown in Table 1. Approximately, 57% of the mothers were white, 33% black, 7% Asian, and 3.6% other ethnicities, respectively. 29% of the maternal age at delivery was between 20-24 years old, 22% was between 25-29 years old, 19% was between 30-34 years old, 14% was between 19 years and younger, 11% was between 35-39 years old, and 4% was between 40 years and older, respectively. The number of LBW babies (< 2500 g) among mothers who smoked and non-smoked were 1359 (1.6%) and 81144 (98.3%), respectively. 16 % of mothers who smoked (n=5544) gave low birth weight babies. 5.4% of low birth weight babies had mothers smoked between 10-14 cigarettes per day.

Exposure to second hand smoke, also called involuntary smoking, occurs when non-smokers breathe in the cigarette smoke from others around them. Second hand smoke is harmful to both pregnant women and infants (NTP). Paternal smoking reduces birth weight by about 2 oz. (Berger 115). After birth, babies exposed to cigarette smoke may experience more colds, lung problems, and even ear infections.

However, Joseph seems to have little to no say in his management plan and it comes across as paternalistic treatment leading to Joseph not quitting smoking. As Joseph finds smoking “relaxing”, the GP is not offering patient centred care as finding an alternative relaxation technique is not discussed, potentially resulting in a decrease quality of life if he does not have alternative ways to deal with stress and anxiety. The GP also did not enquire about Joseph’s other co-morbidities and how they might effect Joseph’s ability to participate in the study or how to manage his co-morbidities such as asthma when Joseph is

I had a coworker nurse who had a 45-year-old African American male patient with low socioeconomic status and wanted to quit smoking. With every visit, patient would have a goal to quit smoking and with every next visit, he would have started to smoke. Instead of making any stereotype assumptions, nurse acknowledged the fact that she is glad he had tried to quit smoking and letting him know, the more he tries to quit, the more likely he will succeed. Also, she asked if there were any barriers that prevents him from stopping to quit smoking. Then, she found out that everyone at patient home have been smoking and makes him harder to quit. She discussed other possible strategies to quit smoking. Hence, nurse made a choice by providing compassionate and caring as she would be toward any other person.

First, listening: not to listen with only your ears, but your heart as well (Cohen etal 2nd ed.). Listening can be a hard task, however, easy to accomplish. You must want to hear, in order to make a difference, and to help someone to be successful. Smoking is a habit, an addiction, and not an easy task to conquer. However, it can be done. To have a successful program, counselors, must listen to the person,