Smoking cessation classes coming to Wheaton next semester
Kiki F. Reginato '12 / Copy Editor
Issue date: 12/9/09 Section: News
The Office of Health and Wellness is offering a free smoking cessation program to Wheaton student, called Freshstart, after winter break. The program will take place Wednesdays, Feb. 3, 10, 17, and 24 from 5 to 6 p.m. in Chase Round.
The classes are being offered in Chase because it provides all students with easy access to information and makes it so students do not have to go out of their way.
Dean Andrade, the Dean of Health and Wellness said, "Students face the same challenges as other smokers. Over-coming the habitual addiction of nicotine and its inherent physiological satisfaction is difficult but doable. The key is to provide a non-judgmental supportive environment that make the right resources and encourage available when someone's ready to quit."
Freshstart was created by the American Cancer Society in response to the innumerable amount of products on the market that did not provide a realistic method of quitting. The program advertises itself as a different kind of system to quit smoking; there are no gimmicks or meaningless group activities.
Freshstart also addresses the various reasons that people smoke such as: physical addiction, psychological dependency and habit. The course uses the group dynamic to get participants to quit smoking and to keep them from smoking.
The Freshstart Web site says, "Because individuals differ as to which part is most difficult for them, Freshstart addresses both the processes: The group and your facilitator will help you to stop smoking as quickly as possible and learn new techniques for ending your physical and psychological need to smoke."
In the National College Health Assessment conducted in 2006, 23 percent of Wheaton College students surveyed identified as regular smokers.
The national average for college students is 22 percent and continues to rise, while approximately 20 percent of the population of the United States as a whole identified themselves as regular smokers, but this number has been dropped significantly over the past ten-years.
The classes are being offered in Chase because it provides all students with easy access to information and makes it so students do not have to go out of their way.
Dean Andrade, the Dean of Health and Wellness said, "Students face the same challenges as other smokers. Over-coming the habitual addiction of nicotine and its inherent physiological satisfaction is difficult but doable. The key is to provide a non-judgmental supportive environment that make the right resources and encourage available when someone's ready to quit."
Freshstart was created by the American Cancer Society in response to the innumerable amount of products on the market that did not provide a realistic method of quitting. The program advertises itself as a different kind of system to quit smoking; there are no gimmicks or meaningless group activities.
Freshstart also addresses the various reasons that people smoke such as: physical addiction, psychological dependency and habit. The course uses the group dynamic to get participants to quit smoking and to keep them from smoking.
The Freshstart Web site says, "Because individuals differ as to which part is most difficult for them, Freshstart addresses both the processes: The group and your facilitator will help you to stop smoking as quickly as possible and learn new techniques for ending your physical and psychological need to smoke."
In the National College Health Assessment conducted in 2006, 23 percent of Wheaton College students surveyed identified as regular smokers.
The national average for college students is 22 percent and continues to rise, while approximately 20 percent of the population of the United States as a whole identified themselves as regular smokers, but this number has been dropped significantly over the past ten-years.
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Brent
posted 12/08/09 @ 5:49 PM EST
I suggest that if you really want to quite smoking you could try electronic cigarettes like at http://PowerSmoking.com/rep91208 since they mainly only contain nicotine to satisfy your cravings without the carcinogens and produce a very fine vapor that only looks like smoke. (Continued…)
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