1. PLAIN LANGUAGE SMOKING CESSATION A Low/No Literacy Approach Deborah J. Stefanucci Urqa@northwestphysicians.com http://npatotalcare.com/welcome.htm

2. This lecture is one of a series on local public health recruited by Charles J. Vukotich, Jr. of the Allegheny County Health Department (PA), as a scholar in the Northeast Regional Public Health Leadership Institute, Class of 2000. For information contact: dcw01@health.state.ny.us dcw01@health.state.ny.us

3. Deborah J. Stefanucci is an LPN with 28 years experience in the operating room, who has been Director of UR/QA for Northwest Physicians Associates, PC (NPA) for the last 9 years. In 2002, NPA established a non-profit foundation to bring health information to the community. Ms. Stefanucci has been active in developing tobacco outreach programs for the foundation.

4. LEARNING OBJECTIVES To understand the key concepts of smoking cessation. To understand the basic risks of smoking and the benefits of quitting.

5. PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES Provide smoking cessation classes for those with no/low literacy that are equivalent to those offered to generally.

6. Opening remarks

7. Congratulate participants for attending

8. Chemicals

9. Three aspects of smoking

10. Nicotine addiction

11. Carbon Monoxide testing

12. What smoking robs you of

13. Stages of quitting

14. Set quit date.

15. Health benefits 20 minutes

16. Within 8 hours

17. Within 24/72 hours

18. 3-4year benefits

19. Within 5 years

20. Within 10 years

21. Cost of smoking

22. Saving money

23. Starting to take control

24. What is NRT’s

25. Description of NRT’s