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NICOTINE ANONYMOUS Coming To Campus Fall 2012

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NICOTINE ANONYMOUS

Coming To CampusFall 2012

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Disclaimer

The images contained in the first few slides in this presentation may be shocking and disturbing. That is the point. As pictures are worth an multitude of words, these graphic images will help me make it abundantly clear that nicotine addiction is a problem in our community that needs to be resolved.

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WHAT IS NICOTINE ADDICTION LIKE?

http://www.coloribus.com/adsarchive/prints/anti-smoking-message-right-hooked-9302405/http://thedesigninspiration.com/articles/top-45-creative-anti-smoking-advertisements/

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The Nic-O-Demon

It’s like living with schmiegel in your head

24/7http://forum.nosmokingday.org.uk/showthread.php?t=12189

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What Can it be Like?

It gets a lot worse! stained teeth & larengectomy hands amputation

premature aginghttp://www.channel4embarrassingillnesses.com/episodes/episode-guides/embarrassing-bodies-series-4/episode-9--spain/

laryngectomy/http://viveksonasaria.blogspot.com/2009/07/smoking-effects.htmlhttp://www.newecigshop.com/smoking-can-make-you-old-and-ugly/http://kathleengrieve.blogspot.com/2011/01/smokingwhy-you-shouldnt.html

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The Dangers of TobaccoEvery one knows that tobacco is dangerous, although that was not always the case. Here is a quick rundown of some of its health risks to users:

The Three C’s Cancer (of the lungs, brain, bladder, kidneys,

stomach, colon, pancreas, and reproductive organs, to name a few)

Cardiovascular diseases such as strokes, heart attacks, and arteriosclerosis (hardening of arteries)

Chronic respiratory diseases like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) and emphysema…and many more

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2004/complete_report/index.htm

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What is in a cigarette?

Cigarettes contain around 4,000 chemicals, including over 50 known carcinogens, such as: Cadmium—common component in

batteries Arsenic—poison used in the past to kill

rodents Polonium-210—radioactive isotope in

fertilizer Formaldehyde—used to preserve corpses Tar—a cocktail of harmful chemicals Chromium—used in alloys, dyes, and

paints Ammonia—gas used as a toilet cleaner

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Statistics on smoking

As many college students are coming straight out of high school, the alarming high school smoking rate in AR should make clear this is a problem that affects us all. Note as well the staggering economic cost.http://www.stateoftobaccocontrol.org/state-grades/arkansas/

highlights.html

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My Hope for NicA Meetings on Campus

My hope is that NicA meetings will help curb smoking on campusand reduce the number of smokers in our community. There will be no dues or fees to join or be a member of NicA.http://ucanquit.msu.edu/fsr.htm

http://www.hanleycenter.org/alumni/recovery-resources/aa-meetings-near-you.htm

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Annual Deaths in U.S. due to cigarettes

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/tables/health/attrdeaths/

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Tobacco—the only product in the world that kills you when used as directed.

http://dying.about.com/od/causes/ss/death_causes_2.htmhttp://yaymicro.com/stock-image/cigarettes-over-white-in-vertical-composition/427886

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If Nothing is Done

If no action is taken, we can expect to see the same tragic results recurring in our families and communities.

I was saddened to learn from Mrs. Rausch that only a few students and faculty seek tobacco cessation counseling every semester, although it is free of charge for them.

Most student smokers say they will quit after graduation or after graduate school, although quitting can always be (and often is) delayed.

DENIAL—Don’t Even Notice I Am Lying.

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Most smokers want to quit

In 2000, a study conducted by CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) involving more than 32,000 people revealed that, of the 23% defined as current smokers…

7 OUT OF 10 WANTED TO QUIT!!

http://no-smoking.org/july02/07-26-02-2.html

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Nicotine can be HARD to Kick

Anyone who has tried to quit tobacco knows it. NRT (nicotine replacement therapies) can help

ease the cravings, but that is all. After trying unsuccessfully to quit many times

on my own, I have found a support network to be a key ingredient.

But lasting recovery entails more than just encouraging support…

It requires a full makeover of the personality!

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How is this Accomplished?

The 12 step program, popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in the early 20th century, provides one pathway

Nicotine Anonymous (NicA) was created as an offshoot of AA in Southern California, where it was then known as Smoker’s Anonymous

Through attending Nica weekly meetings, online VONR meetings, studying the literature, and “practicing NicA principles in all your affairs”, the nicotine addict has reason to hope.

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The 12 Steps of NicA

1. We admitted we were powerless over nicotine - that our lives had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

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The 12 Steps of NicA cont.,

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

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The 12 Steps of NicA cont.,

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to nicotine users and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

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Looking Forward

Life is a lot brighter for me these days, and I look forward to sharing my recovery, strength, and hope with others who are still suffering from the disease of nicotine addiction.

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Nicotine Anonymous Literature

These books, along with NicA pamphlets given free of charge, will be available at meetings. I am proposing eleven of each,

for a total of $325 at bulk discount

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Milestone Tokens

Milestone Tokens similar to this one will be offered to participants to celebrate their time spent free of tobacco usage.

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Finally Quit!!

On March 24th, I was able to release my addiction to cigarettes. It has now been over a month, and

I’m never going back...God willing.

As I celebrate my birthday today, I think it is the nicest gift I could ask for.

http://www.cleanandsobernotdead.com/Pages/promises.html

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I joined an online quit forum, and our group is called the Freedom

Marchers.

This is the March quitter’s logo.

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In Giving We Receive

I began supporting and encouraging others on the forum and learned that I was benefited and strengthened by these acts of kindness.

This led me to the desire to found the only Nicotine Anonymous group in Arkansas.

I visited Mrs. Susan Rausch, the health educator at the Pat Walker Health Center and she generously offered to help fund the project.

http://beautifulillustratedquotations.blogspot.com/2010/04/poem-legacy-of-love_10.html

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Further Help from the Multicultural Center

Mr. Cedric Kenner kindly offered one of the beautiful rooms in the Multicultural Center of the Student Union in which to conduct

the NicA meetings.

http://multicultural.uark.edu/569.php

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PROS A spiritually based recovery in which there are no mandatory dues

or fees, and in which the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using nicotine.

A safe place to meet face to face and share our struggles and triumphs with nicotine.

An encouraging group of people who share one commonality—the addiction to nicotine—and can compassionately relate with the suffering addict.

A method for releasing addictions, attested to by the great success of the 12 steps of AA in helping people recover from alcoholism.

NicA approved literature at a discounted price and pamphlets free of charge.

opportunities to find a sponsor and/or accountability partners.

Strength, experience, and hope in dealing with this disease/addiction.

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CONS

Average attendance at a nicotine anonymous meeting: 7 people

As yet, there is no proven effectiveness of Nicotine Anonymous

Many smokers do not see group treatment as a particularly beneficial method of quitting.

Unlike AA, a lot of people come to NicA to get quit and leave after they have done so.

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THE END