How many attempts does the average person take before quitting smoking?
7
List 5 alternatives to smoking (things you can do instead of smoking when you really want a cigarette)
Drink water, distract, deep breathe and meditate, walk? etc
What's the first and most important part of a quit plan?
Set a date!
What are COPD/Emphysema?
Lung diseases caused by cigarette smoking
Name 3 health consequences to smoking:

What is an antidepressant that is used to help people stop smoking?
bupropion (wellbutrin)
What are refusal skills? Give an example
Skills used to say no when offered a cigarette?
Example (multiple answers accepted) "No thank you, I'm looking after my health"
Remembering how dangerous cigarettes are can be a reason to quit! Name 3 toxins in cigarette smoke.
Formaldehyde, Arsenic, Carbon monoxide, tar, lead, and thousands more.
Per cent of deaths per year caused by cigarettes?
20% of deaths per year are caused by cigarettes
What starts 30 to 60 minutes after finishing a cigarette?
Withdrawal
What is combination therapy?
The use of two forms of medication at the same time (for instance, patch and gum or chantix and patch)?
Drinking coffee, seeing someone smoke, driving, stressful event, taking a work break-This is a list of:
Triggers
List 3 of your reasons to quit smoking
Health, my finances, my family? (other answers accepted)
What percent of lung cancer deaths are due to smoking cigarettes? (within 10% to receive credit)
90%
What does it mean when you have the inability to stop something you're doing, even when you know it is bad for you.
Addiction
What is a medication (partial agonist) that stops cigarette cravings?
Varenicline (Chantix)?
Does quitting smoking help, harm, or have no impact on recovery from substance use disorder?
It helps!
What is the tool you can use that helps with the biological (physical) part of addiction?
Medication for treatment of nicotine dependence aka MAT (medication for addiction treatment)?
$ spent per year of smoking 1ppd
what is 365x 10$= $3650? (ballpark accepted)
What does needing a cigarette within 30 minutes of waking indicate?
It indicates a physical dependence and addiction.
What is the most long acting form of nicotine replacement?
Nicotine Patch
What percentage of people receiving substance use treatment die from smoking related causes? (answer within 10% for credit)
Between 50 and 60%
List the elements of a good quit plan
Name at least 4 for full credit.
Quit Date, Medication, Plan for triggers,
Support team, Plan for setbacks, Rewards and Celebrations!
What is secondhand and thirdhand smoke?
Secondhand smoke is smoke inhaled involuntarily from tobacco being smoked by others.
Thirdhand smoke deals with surfaces you touch that have nicotine residue from smoke settling like clothing, flooring, furniture, toys, cars, walls etc
What does it mean when you need to smoke more cigarettes than when you started smoking?
Developing Tolerance?