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February 20, 2008
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Topographic Profiles - 2008
- These pictures will show the general topography of each day. The mileages won't necessarily match those of the blog, but the blog distances are the correct ones. The gaps in day numbers reflect the fact that there is a rest day at that point.
Hi John. Congrats on your successful ride this year. I am passionate about your mission of assisting people to quit taboacco. I am a cyclist as well.
I have been looking for an American Lung Association jersey. Any clue where I can buy one? I have seen them in the past.
I work for the ALA of Arizona. I am a respiratory therapist and provide education about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). This is the disease that one in three tobacco users are likely to develop.
I know you spread the word about the dangers of tobacco. This is great for denormalizing tobacco use. However, do you perform a 5A model brief tobacco intervention? Have you heard of this? This may be an avenue to make your message more powerful.
I teach a 4 hour course taught here in Arizona called Brief Tobacco Intervention Skills. It teaches people how to discuss the dangers of tobacco using an eveidence based five A model: Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist and Arrange.
The major advantage of using this skill is that it connects people who say "yeah, you know I know I need to quit" to services that can coach them through the process of becoming tobacco free. All 50 states have a county health department that offers this coaching service.
Another way to measure success with your mission is to track the number of people who you were able to connect to services. These places can track all your referrals and the sucess rates of tose referrals.
I wish you well. Contact me if I can be of any assistance. scerreta@lungarizona.edu
Posted by: Scott | July 10, 2008 at 01:27 PM