The Hemet Unified School District will present an eight-session workshop hosted by the Idyllwild Library on how to quit smoking.<\/p>\n
The workshop program, developed by the American Lung Association, is licensed by HUSD. According to Valerie Velez, HUSD health education program specialist, \u201cThis is the first time I\u2019m aware that this program is being offered to the community and certainly the first time it\u2019s offered at no cost.\u201d<\/p>\n
Included as part of the workshop are all materials, including workbooks and CDs. \u201cThis is open to the community, parents and others, to learn how to be smoke-free as models to young people, to promote being smoke-free to youth,\u201d said Velez. \u201cPeople who use electronic cigarettes are also welcome.\u201d Velez stressed that only FDA-approved nicotine replacement mechanisms are part of the public health community discussion about serious nicotine addiction. Participants are expected to attend all sessions.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, a person has to continue working the plan after the workshops,\u201d said Velez. \u201cWe\u2019ll have a panel of former smokers who will give their testimony and tel l their stories as part of the series \u2014 how to maintain being smoke-free once you\u2019ve quit. And part of what we\u2019re doing in the class is learning how to develop support systems with people who are supportive of these changes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Velez noted that many people who have used this ALA system have been successful in quitting. She requested that those interested pre-register since space and materials are limited. \u201cEnrollment will be on a first-come, first-serve basis,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
To register, contact Valerie Velez at 951-765-5100, ext. 3210, or vvelez@hemetusd.org.<\/p>\n
Classes will be held every Monday from 4:30 to 6 pm. beginning June 5 to July 17 in the Idyllwild Library Community Room. Velez, certified as a trainer in the program, will be assisted with facilitating by Idyllwild local Bronwyn Jones, a volunteer with the HUSD Tobacco Use Program. Water and snacks will be provided.<\/p>\n
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