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| March 01, 2002 | Kubetin, Sally Koch | COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Compare smoking with being in a dysfunctional relationship when trying to motivate smokers to quit, Carol Southard, R.N., said at a conference on patient education sponsored by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.

"In their heads, they know what they're doing is not smart. They will say, 'But I need to smoke. I have to smoke in response to stress.' I tell people the hardest part about getting off cigarettes is the behavioral changes required to do it," said Ms. Southard, a smoking cessation specialist with the Weliness Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago.

She considers intensive, behaviorally based smoking cessation programs to be the most successful. In the 8-week course that she runs at the hospital, participants meet once a week for an hour. They are given assignments to increase awareness of their smoking habit, assess their motivation to quit, learn cessation ...

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