That’s It! Learn to Quit! Free Tobacco & Nicotine Cessation Program

That’s It! Learn to Quit! is Griffin Health’s free 6-week program which provides tobacco/nicotine cessation education and guidance in a supportive and compassionate group setting. Participants will learn how to adopt an individualized tobacco/nicotine quit plan. That’s It, Learn to Quit is for both first timers trying to quit and for anyone who has quit in the past and wants to re-visit living without nicotine and tobacco.

Here are a few key educational objectives and topics discussed in this program:

Nicotine

• • How nicotine affects the body
  • How to break free of nicotine addiction

• Health effects of nicotine use and how the body can heal once quit

Medicinal Support

• Tips on how to speak with your doctor
• Benefits, contraindications, and dosage education for nicotine replacement therapy
• Discussion of other medicinal options to help curb nicotine cravings

Behavior Change

• Self-evaluation & problem-solving class activities
• Self-care & self-compassion; reframing negative self-talk
• Mindfulness techniques: meditation, visualization, breathing, and setting daily intentions with positive affirmations
• Nicotine craving & trigger management
• Creating a quit plan, setting a quit start date & establishing sustainable healthy lifestyle behavior
• Lifestyle behavior education is provided for nutrition, physical activity, sleep, & stress management
• Weekly activities (free writing, music therapy, shared readings) self-beliefs that bring happiness and strength to stay tobacco/nicotine free
• Weekly discussion & self-reflection of loss of tobacco/nicotine relationship, fear of using again, and how to deal with a slip