101493: Stop Smoking Now!

About the Course:

Stop Smoking Now! will show one how to kick the butt—for good. Once a person learns the truth about how the tobacco industry has manipulated the American public, and how it keeps trying to addict children, one will be more determined than ever to quit smoking. In this book are all the facts and true-life stories that the tobacco industry doesn’t want the public to see.

Journal/Publisher:

Cleveland Clinic Guide

Publication Date:

2007

Author

Dr. Garland Y. DeNelsky

About the Author:

Psychologist Dr. Garland Y. DeNelsky headed the section of Psychology at the Cleveland Clinic. He founded the Cleveland Clinic Cessation Program, which he directed for more than 20 years until he retired in 2001.

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about quitting smoking. It is appropriate for introductory to intermediate levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

1. Recognize smoking’s link to infertility and impotence.

2. List the psychological reasons why people smoke.

3. Describe the physical and psychological symptoms of withdrawal.

4. Identify all of the forms of nicotine replacement.

5. Explain how smoking changes one’s behavior.