A22 - Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1981 - North Shore News

There is help for smokers

North Shore smokers who
want to “kick” the smoking
habit, but lack the willpower
to do it on their own, can
now get help, at a low cost
and with group support.

The Ex-Smokers’
Association has developed a
new yuit program to help
desperate smokers become
relaxed non-smokers. The
six week course is being
presented at the North Shore
Family YMCA, 1735
Inglewood, West Vancouver
on Thursday, September 10,
(7:30 p.m.) The North
Vancouver location is St.
John’s Anglican, 220 W. &th
St. on Monday September
14. (7:30 p.m.) Classes are
also scheduled to start in
about 20 other Lower
Mainland communities
during September.

Martin Thompson, a
former smoker, and
spokesman for the
association says the key to
their progrm 1s careful at-
tention to the individual
through all the phases of the
quitting process.

“Most smokers want to
quit,” says Thompson,
but just can't face the agony
of withdrawal. Others find it
easy to quit, but can't stay
off for very long.” He says
the association program 1s
unique in that it puts as
much emphasis on long term
follow-up and maintenance

as it does on the initial
quilting process.

To start, the smokers
meet, in a group, once a

week in the evening, for six
consecutive weeks. In this
phase the quitting process
takes place. and = main-
tenance techniques are
learned. Group leaders are
former smokers who have
been given special training
io deal with the problems
encountered by most
quitting smokers. Group size

Fight over diary

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(UPI) Part) of Arthur
Bremer’s diary. illuminating
his dark obsession to kall

Richard Nixon oor former
Alabama Governor George
Wallace. will be the object
of a court batlle Dhursday
Bremer, who has been in
custody since he fired the
shots that paralyzed Wallace

nine years ago ois trying fo
regain possession of the 144
page handwritten
Thanuscriptl which a oin the
possession of attorney Jack
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is kept small to enable the
counsellor to” give extra
personal attention to
members who need it.

After the group finishes,
each successful member is
put on a follow-up program
which includes letters,
phone calls and so on. The
follow-up continues for one
year from the date of
quitting smoking. “It’s one

thing to quit smoking...,”
says Thompson, “... but
quite another to stay off. The
accepted yardstick for
success is one year of ab-
sumence!” Cost of the
program is $63.

“The average smoker

spends that much and more
on smoking over the same
period of time (Six weeks)
Our mandate as a non-profit
association is to spend every

cent taken in fees = on
developing our smoking
cessation and education

programs,” said Thompson.
“Our aim is to have a
program in every town and
city in the province of B.C.”

Thompson, himself an ex-
smoker, quit five years ago.
“Il once believed I would
never quit. That made me
very depressed, but | finally
did. Now | still get an urge
once in a while, but it’s not
very serious” he said. “I
don't get upset about it.”

One man who didn't want
his name used, smoked 30
cigarettes a day when he
entered the program. Within
two weeks he was down to 10
and he quit in the third.
“You have to be motivated.
Sixty three dollars is not
much in comparison to the
cost of smoking. but I still
wanted to get my money's
worth,” he said.

“T just couldn't quit on my
own. I thought I was being

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battle moves to the Green
Lake, Wisconsin Courthouse
[Thursday

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He was convicted of trying
to assassinate Wallace in a

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represent the first part of a
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deprived so [d start again.
The program changed my
attitude completely. Now it
makes me happy to deprive
the cigarette company of my
money. 1 think I am

beginning to act like a non-
smoker.

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In person registration is
accepted at all class
locations on the night of the
first class. For more in-
formation call the
association at 732-9711.

Classes start Sept. 16th

Wed. night, 8:15pm-10:30pm
at Highlands Community School
3150 Colwood, North Van

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
First Night Complimentary
Call 987-7777 for Add’! Information

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cai! 986-2288

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