SMOKING

CESSATION
By: Kara Smith
NURS 7003
September 2022
  Smoking damages every organ in the body
 Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke,
lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic

PROBLEM obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),

which includes emphysema and chronic
bronchitis.

 CDC
  Secondhand smoke exposure contributes to
approximately 41,000 deaths among
nonsmoking adults and 400 deaths in infants
each year.
 Secondhand smoke causes stroke, lung cancer,

PROBLEM and coronary heart disease in adults. Children

who are exposed to secondhand smoke are at
increased risk for sudden infant death
syndrome, acute respiratory infections, middle
ear disease, more severe asthma, respiratory
symptoms, and slowed lung growth.
 CDC
 Tobacco use is the
LEADING CAUSE of
PREVENTABLE DEATH
and disease in the
United States.
  Patients that are smokers
 Patients that vape
TARGET
 Patients that use smokeless tobacco
AUDIENCE
 Patients or children that are exposed to
secondhand smoke
GOALS
 Collaborate a goal outlining reasons why the patient would like to
quit smoking
 Identify support persons for patient

 Identify individualized ways the patient will deal with withdraws

 Pick a date to quit smoking together

 Have healthy alternatives planned for stressful situations

 Pick rewards for patient as they meet their goals

 The 5 As:

(1) Ask about tobacco use

(2) Advise to quit through clear, personalized

messages
THE 5 A’S
(3) Assess willingness to quit

(4) Assist in quitting; and

(5) Arrange follow-up and support

OBJECTIVES
 Improve overall health

 Decrease risks of developing any type of cancer in the body or

cardiovascular or lung issues
 Improve financial health

 Feel a sense of accomplishment for sticking to a goal

  Can use medications, gums, lozenges, or patches to
help with nicotine withdraw
 Non-pharmacological distraction-gym, nature, music
 Counseling
RESOURCE  Tobacco Quitline

S  The Michigan Tobacco Quitline offers free

information, tobacco treatment referral, online
program, and text-messaging 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, at 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)
in English or 1-855-DÉJELO-YA (1-855-335-3569) in
Spanish.
REFERENCES
https://images.app.goo.gl/bFUSNszLmyYXeA7e6

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/partners/health/materials/You-Can-Help-Your-Patients-Quit-Tobacco-Use-
508.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/health_effects/index.htm

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/infographics/health-effects/index.htm#smoking-risks

https://www.sanfordhealth.org/-/media/org/files/patients-and-visitors/patient-bill-of-rights/019051-00177-booklet-tob
acco-cessation-patient-ed-8_5x11.pdf

https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/keep-mi-healthy/chronicdiseases/tobacco/how-to-quit-tobacco
 
US Preventive Services Task Force, Krist, A. H., Davidson, K. W., Mangione, C. M., Barry, M. J., Cabana, M., Caughey, A. B.,
Donahue, K., Doubeni, C. A., Epling, J. W., Jr, Kubik, M., Ogedegbe, G., Pbert, L., Silverstein, M., Simon, M. A., Tseng, C. W.,
& Wong, J. B. (2021). Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons: US Preventive
Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA, 325(3), 265–279. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.25019