Precontemplation

Goal for Client Intervention:

Help client think about quitting.

Intervention Options:

ASK, ADVISE & ASSIST:

• Ask, advise and assist client to think critically about smoking.
  How does smoking fit into a typical day?
  What is the role of smoking in your life?
  How do you feel about smoking? Pros and cons.
  What things influence your decision about whether or not you will smoke?

Resource options (Click to order):

One Step At A Time Program Booklet - For Smokers Who Don't Want to Quit
A booklet for people who smoke and do not want to quit. Provides information and support without pressure. Promotes understanding their smoking habit and how it affects people around them. For people in Precontemplation stage.

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 infomation 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 since we talked last?

Click on Contemplation (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.