How to run a stop smoking advice stall in a shopping centre or
market place
Opportunistic stop smoking advice is when a health professional
spends a few minutes encouraging smokers to quit. With the help
of a Smokerlyzer, Tar Jar, and some leaflets, stop smoking advisors
can recruit smokers using a 'Shopportunistic' approach.
Get down to a shopping area, set up a stand and you're in business!
Smokerlyzers provide
the magnet to attract smokers and the CO readings motivate them
to quit by offering a personalised demonstration of that smoking
harms their health with every puff. It also offers proof of the
immediate benefits of quitting. Smokerlyzer in hand, ask passers-by
if there are smokers wanting to quit. Smokers try to look nonchalant
but most agree to take a CO test. Talk to the smoker about the CO
reading as it offers a message of hope about the benefits of quitting.
Discuss if they have made previous quit attempts.
Cecilia Farren from GASP explained, "Many smokers step away,
vowing to stop smoking immediately. Others need time to think about
it. Working alone in a shopping centre, I can test and talk to about
50 smokers a day. Many of these will set a quit day and if you have
a phone you can make an appointment with the local stop smoking
service there and then."
Supporting resources from GASP that add visual impact include:
Tar in a Jar, What's in Tobacco Smoke, blocked blood vessel, Skeletal
Smoker. A selection of written information helps the smoker to set
out on the road to stopping. Include things for ex-smokers such
as a 'Quit certificate' or 'Staying Stopped' leaflet, and for committed
smokers, give them - 'Can't Quit Won't Quit'. Have leaflets dealing
with specific problems such as asthma or diabetes, stress or weight
gain.
Cecilia added, "'Shop-ortunistic' Stop Smoking advice can
be given anywhere - shopping malls, markets, village fetes, supermarkets,
music festivals and sporting events. I set up a picnic table at
a May Fair and tested over 40 smokers in an afternoon. Where there
are people, there are smokers wanting to stop."
GASP can set up and run stalls to recruit smokers. We can also help
to suggest and provide displays, models and supporting information
to have on your stall.
- Smokerlyzers: 4 Smokerlyzers and accessories
- Promoting the stall: Big Cig, inflatable cigarettes,
Smoke Free Face and Body painting, balloons
- Display items: Inflatable cigarettes, Smoker's Tar in
a Jar, Blocked Blood vessel, Furred artery, What's in Tobacco
Smoke? Puffing poisons, Smokers'
- Accessories, Smoke Free ABC, You've been Warned, Skeletal Smoker,
Smokey Sue, LouWheeze, the Tarminator, Consequences of smoking.
- Posters - Over 50 GASP posters, GASP can create your
own service poster.
- Leaflets
•Local stop smoking information - GASP can create one for you.
•Smokers who want to quit - I did it, Quit Tips and Benefits,
50 Tips to help you quit, 101 reasons no to smoke today, Quit Kit,
Quit & Get Fit, Steps to Stopping, Easier Ways to Quit, Different
Tips for Different Types, Staying Stopped
•Young smokers: Why not quit now, For Real - The Truth about
tobacco, Sex and the Ciggie
•Older smokers: It's never too late to stop
•Specific risks: Stop smoking without gaining weight, Coping
with stress without a cigarette, Smoking and asthma, Diabetes and
smoking, Women and smoking, Blokes who smoke, Smoking and impotence,
Smoke gets in your eyes, Quit & Grin, Stop before your Op
•Parents: Parents' guide to stopping smoking, Children and
smoking; What parents can do
•Smokers of cigars, roll ups and marijuana joints: Cigars,
Roll up Roll up and Marijuana and smoking
•Pregnant smokers: Pregnant? There's no better time to stop
smoking, Staying stopped after pregnancy, 50 Blooming great reasons
not to smoke when you're pregnant
•Smokers not ready to quit: Can't quit:Won't quit, Looking
closer at smoking, Blokes who smoke, Women and smoking
•South Asian Smokers: Quit & Get Fit in 5 different S.Asian
languages
- Promotional gifts: Cash Can, stress balls, balloons,
pens, stickers, SmokeFree Frisbee, quizzes, crosswords, words
searches (see SmokeOut book), Smoke Free Me and pens for children
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