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www.lungusa.org1-800-LUNG-USA lungusa.org10.06.2008
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Get the Facts!
• About the American Lung Association
• Smoking Statistics
• About Freedom From Smoking Clinic Program
– Development
– Features / Benefits
– Delivery
– Program Tools
• Implementation Process
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• Over a century old, the American Lung Association is the leading organization working to prevent lung disease and promote lung health.
• The American Lung Association funds vital research on the causes of and treatments for lung disease with the goals of:
> eliminating smoking> ensuring that no one breathes unhealthy air> preventing asthma and chronic lung disease for
generations to come> helping people with lung disease breathe easier today
• For more information, visit: www.lungusa.org
Our Mission
American Lung Association Improving Life, One Breath at a Time
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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: Between 1997 and 2001, 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 than non-smokers.^
• 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 the U.S still smoke cigarettes.*
*Data provided by the American Lung Association.
^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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Partner with the American Lung Association to offer the leading smoking cessation program in your facility
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Why Freedom From Smoking®?
Freedom From Smoking WORKS!
It’s been the choice of employers, hospitals and health plans for over 25 years!
It’s America’s gold standard in smoking cessation programs
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 (usually 8-10 people),
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 non-nicotine medications approved for quitting tobacco
• Offers maintenance to participants to help them stay quitan 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) and Freedom From Smoking online (www.ffsonline.org).
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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
Participant’s Workbook
86 page, full-color
workbook is provided to
each program participant
The Freedom From Smoking Clinic Program provides comprehensive resources for program participants.
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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 keyfocus of this program.Using a positive approach to emphasize better health, various activities and assignments provideindividuals 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