Transcript Freedom From Smoking PowerPoint

American Health Advisors
Freedom From Smoking
Partnership
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Get the Facts!
• Smoking Statistics
• About Freedom From
Smoking Clinic Program
– Development
– Features / Benefits
– Delivery
– Program Tools
• Implementation Process
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Smoking Facts
• FACT: Tobacco-related diseases kill 438,000 Americans annually,
and smoking is responsible for approximately one in five deaths.*
• FACT: Cigarette smoking cost the economy over $167 billion in annual
health care costs and lost productivity.*
• FACT: On average, smokers take 25% more sick days a year
non-smokers.^
than
• FACT: Employees that smoke cost an average of $1,429 more in health
care costs than non-smoking employees.**
• FACT: Employees who take four 10-minute smoking breaks a day
actually work one month less per year than workers who don’t take
smoking breaks.^^
• FACT: Despite these statistics, 21% of adults (over 41 million adults) in
*Data provided by the American Lung Association.
the U.S still smoke cigarettes.*
^NYDAILYNEWS.COM, March 30, 2007
**Tobacco Prevention and Control Brach, NC Department of Health and Human Services,
2003.
^^Center for Health Promotion and Publications. The Dollar (and Sense) Benefits of Having
a Smoke-Free Workplace. Lansing, Michigan: Michigan Tobacco Control Program, 2000.
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The Solution
Partner with the American Health Advisors
to offer the leading smoking cessation program
in your facility —and stamp out smoking.
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Why Freedom From Smoking®?
Freedom From Smoking WORKS!
It’s America’s gold
standard in smoking
cessation programs
It’s been the choice
of employers, hospitals
and health plans for
over 25 years!
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It succeeds where other
programs fail
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Why Freedom From Smoking®?
• Freedom From Smoking was ranked the most effective
smoking cessation program in a study of 100 managed
care organizations conducted by Fordham University
Graduate School of Business.
• 25% of participants report not smoking one year following
the program!*
(Compared to 5% quit rate for those who go cold turkey).
• That number increases to close to 60% when the Freedom
From Smoking Clinic is combined with smoking cessation
medications.*
*Data provided by the American Lung Association.
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About Freedom From Smoking®
• Provides a systematic approach to quitting that gives
participants the support and structure they need to quit
• One of a few research-based and evaluated programs
• Based on the latest addiction and behavior change models
• Delivered in a small group setting, participants get
personalized attention.
• Offers a wide range of evidence-based cessation practices
including lectures, group discussion and skills practice
since no single cessation technique works for everyone
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About Freedom From Smoking®
• Includes the latest information on nicotine
replacement therapy: gum, inhalers, patches,
nasal spray and lozenges
• Includes coverage of latest smoking cessation
medications: Zyban™ and Chantix™ , the two nonnicotine medications approved for quitting tobacco
• Offers maintenance to participants to help them stay
quitan integral part of the program
• Available in both English & Spanish
• Provides additional free support through the American
Lung Association’s Lung HelpLine (1-800-LUNG-USA),
Freedom From Smoking online (www.ffsonline.org) and
the Arizona Smoker’s Helpline (ASHLine 1-800.556-6222).
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Program Development
• Developed by the American Lung Association
National Office and a practitioner review panel
comprised of smoking cessation experts from
around the country
• Pilot version was tested at two pilot-site training
workshops and proven effective, as well it received
positive evaluations with various population groups
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Program Delivery
• The course is delivered over the course of 8 sessions
by an American Lung Association trained facilitator.
• Participants go through the same stages at the same
time benefiting from the support of their peers.
• Participants are introduced to three key phases to
prepare to quit, quit, and to stay quit:
– Preparation phase – lays the foundation for success
– Quit Day – this “ritual” is important to the process as it
cements participants’ commitment to quitting
– Maintenance phase – helps individual prepare strategies for
staying quit
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Evidence based and medically sound
• Conforms to recently identified smoking cessation
counseling or advice core measures of The Joint
Commission for the quality of care for acute
myocardial infarction, heart failure and pneumonia
• Meets criteria for intensive tobacco cessation
counseling covered by the latest Centers for
Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) decision
• Includes all components of an intensive intervention
as outlined in the United States Department of Health
and Human Services’ Clinical Practice Guideline
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
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Program Tools
The Freedom From Smoking Clinic Program provides
comprehensive resources for program participants.
Participant’s Workbook
86 page, full-color
workbook is provided to
each program
participant
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Program Tools
Relaxation Exercises CD
– A supporting audio CD
containing 10 tracks helps
participants relax while they
quit
– Designed to be used beyond
the program
– Recorded in English and
Spanish all on one CD
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Workbook Sample Pages
Questionnaires get
participants to reflect on
their addiction and their
desire to quit smoking.
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Workbook Sample Pages
The “Three-Link Chain of
Addiction” Model helps
smokers quit by addressing
the physical, mental and
social aspects of their addiction.
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Workbook Sample Pages
Behavior change is the key
focus of this program.
Using a positive approach to
emphasize better health,
various activities and
assignments provide
individuals with proven
strategies on how to change
their lifestyle and behavior.
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Questions?
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When can we get started?
• Implementation Process
• Next Steps
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