1. A Comprehensive Smoking Cessation Program Your Name/Credentials
Job Title
Organization

2. FIVE (5) MOST COMMON REASONS FOR QUITTING
PERSONAL HEALTH
HEALTH OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS
SAVING MONEY
RETURN OF PLEASURE FROM EATING
LOOK BETTER AND SMELL BETTER

5. “Smoking hasn’t effected my lungs, so I really don’t have anything to worry about”
Reality
Smoking and Nicotine can have an adverse effect on every organ system in the body!

6. “I’ve smoked so long that it won’t make any difference if I quit now”
Myth
Reality
No matter your age, quitting smoking improves your health. If you quit smoking, you are likely to add years to your life, breathe more easily, and save money

7. Smoking is a learned habit and physical addiction
Focus is on HOW TO QUIT smoking and stay smokefree, not scare tactics
Techniques based on pharmacological and psychological principles and methods that help the participant gain control over smoking behavior

8. Quitting smoking is NOT EASY Quitting smoking is a personal decision
Relapse is very common
Most smokers require multiple attempts at quitting

10. Program Design FREE Password protected with individual registration
Available via Web, “Text 2 Quit”, or toll-free telephone calls
Participant focused, can be group participation
Quit Coaches highly trained in cognitive behavioral coaching
Direct transfer to Quit Coach for first counseling call
One reactive counseling call (call 1) followed by four proactive counseling calls (total of 5 calls)

11. 4 Essential Practices
Quit at your own pace Quit on your own terms, but get the help you need when you need it
Conquer your urges to smoke Gain the skills you need to control cravings, urges, and situations involving tobacco
Use medications so they really work Learn how to ‘supercharge’ your quit attempt with proper use of nicotine substitutes or medications
Don’t just quit, become a non-smoker Once you’ve stopped smoking, learn never again to have that “first” cigarette

12. Topics covered in the Kanquit® program Smoking Cessation Aids
Health Effects
Benefits of Quitting
What to Expect
Smoking Cessation Aids
Lifestyle Changes

14. Workbook
Easy-to-use workbook that participants can reference in any situation to help him/her to stick with the Quitting Plan
Sent directly to the participant’s home
Helps participants learn skills such as coping with stress and cravings
Helps keep them on track between calls with the Quit Coaches

15. Online Support
Site blends information with social interaction and self-management tools.
Prepare for quit date
Track money saved
Build and print a quit plan

16. Web Coach
Online access to highly trained coaches by live chat and
Can be used alone or in addition to phone coaches
Participants gain membership to a private, online community to complete activities, watch videos, and join in discussions with other members

17. Specialize in helping people quit tobacco
The team of Quit Coaches represent multiple ethnicities and range in age by several decades.
Specialize in helping people quit tobacco
Most have 3+ years of prior counseling experience
Undergo ongoing quality control
Receive more than 270 hours of training and evaluation

18. Text2Quit How does it work?SM
How does it work?
Participants opt in to receive text messages tailored to their Quitting Plan and profile, established by a Quit Coach or by the participants themselves on Web Coach®.
Setting a Quit Date
Managing Urges
Program Reminders
Pre and Post Quit Tracking
General Engagement Content

20. Tobacco Cessation Coordinator
Contact Info:
Matthew Schrock, MSW
Tobacco Cessation Coordinator
Phone: (316)