Contemplation

Goals for Client Intervention:

Encourage the examination of personal pros and cons of quitting smoking.

Promote confidence in their ability to quit smoking.

Help client move towards quitting within the next 6 months.

Intervention Options:

ASK:

• Ask about pros & cons.
  What are some of the good things about smoking/quitting?
  What are some of the not-so-good things about smoking/quitting?

ADVISE:

• Advise client to explore cut back potential.
  Have you considered making your home or car smoke free?

ASSIST:

• Assist the client to foster a positive belief in their ability to do it.
  Smokers often try to quit more than once before they succeed. With each of your quit attempts your likelihood of remaining smoke free improves.
• Provide information.
  This resource will provide you with information to think more about reasons to quit smoking.

Resource options (Click to order):

One Step At A Time Program Booklet - For Smokers Who Want to Quit
A booklet to help a person who smokes and wants to quit, examine their smoking habit, their ideas and attitudes about quitting. Walks them through making a plan. Useful for people in the Contemplation, Preparation, Action or Maintenance stages (includes slips and relapses).

Thinking about Quitting
Smokers' Helpline pamphlet provides information about how to obtain one-to-one confidential counselling, support and advice by providing phone number and hours of Smokers’ Helpline. For people in the Contemplation through Maintenance stages of quitting smoking.

Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide
Detailed recommendations for the number of servings from each of the four food groups based on age and gender. Useful for people in the Precontemplation through Maintenance stages of quitting smoking.

Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living
Includes benefits of regular physical activity, explains how much and the kind of activity you need to stay healthy and provides tips for getting started. Encourages activity at home, at school, at work, at play and on the way! Useful for people in the Precontemplation through Maintenance stages of quitting smoking.

Smoke-free Homes pamphlet
Provides information about poisonous chemicals found in secondhand smoke; offers 2 decals (Welcome to our smoke-free home & car); health effects of secondhand smoke; tips to make your home smoke free. Useful for people in the Precontemplation through Maintenance stages of quitting smoking.

Future Intervention:

At next interaction with client, ask again.

ASK:

• Have you thought about quitting smoking sooner than in 6 months?

Click on Preparation (or whatever stage they are at) below for examples of what the health professional might say to clients. These are suggestions to stimulate your thinking about what you want to say to that particular client.