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Tobacco Awareness Program (TAP)
Program Goals:
- Increase participants' awareness of the short and
long-term effects of continued tobacco use
- Increase participants' awareness of their own level
of risk for becoming victims of tobacco use
- Help participants identify their own best ways
to quit using tobacco
- Motivate participant's to move forward in the action
stage of quitting
- Explain a range of cessation methods including
cold turkey, tapering, and postponing
- Provide specific techniques to help participants
avoid the thoughts, feelings, and physical cravings that lead to tobacco
use
- Learn refusal skills
- Help participants understand how to remain tobacco-free
- Provide a supportive environment and social pressure
to help participants quit and stay free of tobacco
Not every TAP participant quits using tobacco or even
cuts back on their use. Even those participants who don't quit during
the program, however
have learned how to quit when they are ready. Similarly, not all TAP participants
who quit as a result of the program will stay tobacco-free through-out
their lives. Adult's average eleven attempts before they quit for good
(Falkowski and Own 1999) But, through TAP, participants receive a great
deal of information and
special techniques for quitting. When they make their second or third
attempt, they will be much more likely to be successful than if they had
not attended TAP. Furthermore, TAP participants are always welcomed back
to the group if they wish to try again, and they all know where to go
for additional help in the school
and in the community.
Source: Helping Teens Stop Using Tobacco, A Research-Based
Cessation Program for ages 12-18…
Community Intervention, Inc. Tobacco Awareness Program (TAP)
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