Section I Background
1.01 Challenging the Traditional Approach.
1.02 What is the Most Important Thing to Understand about Smokers?
1.03 How Powerful is Nicotine?
1.04 The Biology of Nicotine.
1.05 Isn’t Smoking Simply a Bad Habit?
1.06 What is Nicotine Withdrawal?
1.07 What do Smokers Fear?
Section II Treatment
2.01 What do you need to know to be an effective counselor?
2.02 What do you need to know about cessation medications?
- Nicotine Replacement Therapy
- Non-nicotine Medications
- NRT: Dispelling Myths and Misconceptions
2.03 How do we affect the process of quitting?
Section III Expanded Curriculum
Curriculum At-a-Glance
Class 1: Nicotine Addiction
Class 2: Routines
Class 3: Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Class 4: Early Abstinence
Class 5: Maintaining Abstinence
Class 6: Long-Term Management