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Stop smoking
services: something a little different
Smokey Joe stories: a narrative-based intervention
Susanne Schulz, Deborah Ritchie, Ann Bryce and Terry McEleny
Powerpoint
Presentation
Abstract
Currently, an estimated 1.2 million people in Scotland
- 30% of the adult population - smoke. Cigarette smoking
has been identified as the single, leading cause of preventable
death and ill health. The large number of smokers in Scotland
calls for the establishment of a varied and innovative
range of smoking cessation approaches that have the scope
to reach diverse socio-economic groups of smokers.
An innovative narrative based, culturally attuned approach
to smoking cessation has been developed in Barrhead, East
Renfrewshire. Barrhead is comprised of a mixed socio-economic
stratum, which is reflected in the research sample which
includes people from the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
(SIMD) deciles 2 to 10.
Based on observations of the 'Smokey Joe' cessation service,
this presentation will describe the technique used by
the group facilitator to help people stop smoking. To
this end a selection of key stories, which are characteristic
of recurring themes and problems faced by people who wish
to quit smoking, are introduced alongside the group facilitator's
interventions.
This research suggests that a narrative-based approach
to smoking cessation has the potential to change smokers'
stories and perceptions of the quitting process. In so
doing, narrative-based smoking cessation services can
help smokers to overcome the barriers that keep them from
quitting and increase their belief that becoming smoke-free
is an achievable goal.
Susanne Schulz, Deborah Ritchie, Ann Bryce and Terry
McEleny
Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh
sschulz@qmuc.ac.uk
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