SmokeNoMore Support Network

The SmokeNoMore Program was developed to provide the support network for those individuals who wish to stop smoking and prefer to receive their support from friends on the computer rather than (or in addition to) formal face-to-face gatherings. Because of the limited number of spaces for smokers in the program, we may from time to time, have to limit participation to those who have COPD or are caregivers for an individual who has COPD.  When all spaces are filled, a waiting list will be established as we must keep the teams small to remain manageable.  . The role of the SmokeNoMore Program is to provide a daily contact with these individuals, broken down into small teams, and to offer support, encouragement, and information on how to access other resources.

Individuals will remain in the program for a period of 60 days after which they will graduate to the next level which is less structured and only requires weekly contact with others in their group.  Individuals can remain in the maintainence group as long as they would like.  Individuals who can not quit smoking during the initial 60 days will also move on to the next level.  An individual may not retake the program for a period of 6 months after moving into the higher level of the program.
 
 
 

Concept of the Program

Anyone who has even a hint of being afflicted with COPD understands that they need to stop smoking since it is the single most important thing that an individual can do to slow down the progressive nature of COPD. It is important that we recognize that most individuals will not quit smoking until such time as they are ready to do so. If they agree to enter into the SmokeNoMore Program, it is assumed that they have the resolve to quit and will abide by the basic requirements of sharing information with others in the team and maintaining a daily contact through e-mail.   It is probably safe to say that individuals that wish to participate in the SmokeNoMore Program are sick to death of hearing about the dangers of smoking so that will not be a topic of discussion.

Smokers may use any method of quitting that they choose but they will be able to obtain support from others through the SmokeNoMore Program. This support is in the form of several smokers who are also attempting to quit, and a team leader who has been smoke free for a relatively short period of time. Additional support will be provided by a Program Coordinator, Web Master, Researcher, Administrator, and Chatroom Coordinator.

Individuals will be assigned to a team and is expected to write a message a day to everyone else in the team (one message--multiple addresses). While the subject of smoking and quitting smoking should be the basic theme of the message, most any subject is okay. The concept calls for constant communication and if team members want to talk about their dog, that is okay too.

SmokeNoMore Web Pages

Olivija Gwynne has prepared a number of pages to support our SmokeNoMore Program.  You are certainly invited to browse around these pages for things of interest whether or not you join our SmokeNoMore Program.  All of the pages link off

https://www.olivija.com/SmokeNoMore/

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