| Show Smoking cessation help available for student smokers Ceville Bailey Contributing Writer As Program Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Co Co- Tricia Bishop Bishop Bishop Bish Bish- op of the Taylorsville- Taylorsville Redwood Health and Wellness Center wants to help student smokers ers quit Quit smoking Bishop regularly sees a group of gentlemen smoking outside the Construction Construction Construction Con Con- Trades Building en route to her office at atthe atthe atthe the Health and Wellness Center The group of gentlemen Bishop is referring re referring referring re- re ferring to is just a few of the students who smoke according to a survey administered by National Agency College College College Col Col- lege Health Association I would love to togo togo togo go out there and have a conversation with them and just say hey hows how's it going Do you know we offer this service said Bishop If its it's the fact they dont don't want to come cometo cometo to us then heck Ill I'll go out to them once a week at and sit outside and have a support group To date Bishop has not attempted to talk to these gentlemen smoking outside the CT building I think were we're scared as a society sometimes to correct correct correct cor cor- people about is issues issues issues is- is sues said Bishop A lot of students arent aren't aware of the many services offered by the Health and Wellness Center namely the smoking smoking smoking ing cessation program Bishop finds that thata a lot of people do want to quit not only for health reasons but also for financial reasons We have a smoking cessation program program program pro pro- gram available free of charge said Bishop They students would come and see me in par par- At the moment I Iam Iam Iam am the only one trained to do smoking cessation The smoking cessation cessation cessation ces ces- program offered at the Health and Wellness Wellness Wellness Well- Well ness Center consists of ofa a one-on-one one weekly meeting for eight weeks Weekly meetings can range anywhere from 20 minutes to 50 minutes Because students have different schedules and different preferences the smoking cessation program can be tailored to an individuals individual's needs We can tailor tailor tailor tai tai- lor it in any way they want to tailor it said Bishop Eight weeks sounds like it could be bea a lot or eight weeks could be nothing at all During the initial meeting students interested interested interested inter inter- ested in quitting will be given an assessment The assessment is a list of questions to help Bishop Quitter Continued on |
