UNION HOSPITAL SMOKING CESSATION

Fresh Start Smoking Cessation Program: How Does it Work

Freshstart incorporates the most current guidelines for tobacco cessation support into four face-to-face group support sessions.

The Freshstart evidence-based approach is geared to help participants increase their motivation to quit, learn effective approaches for quitting and guide them in making a successful quit attempt. The evidence-based components of Freshstart include:

• Motivational intervention activities
• Practical counseling (problem solving skills)
• Social support
• Education about medication and approaches to quitting

Employees choose a combination of techniques and cessation treatments they will use in their quit attempt. Employees also make an informed choice about which techniques they will use in making their quit attempt, such as cold turkey, scheduled smoking, medications, tapering,