Tuesday, November 14,1989
The Battalion
Page 9
Local programs help smokers quit
hrough hypnosis, other exercises
)y Pam Mooman
)f The Battalion Staff
Trying to quit smoking? Local
Programs are available to help a nic-
|»tine habit go up in smoke.
Richard Stein, senior field rep
resentative for the Brazos Unit of
the American Cancer Society, said
mjuitting smoking is difficult because
Jhe effects of smoking are both men-
l and physical.
“It’s habit-forming,” Stein said.
“You, in essence, become psycholo
gically dependent on this habit.”
For example, some people auto
matically want a cigarette when they
drink coffee, he said, while others
habitually smoke when they are on
the telephone.
“There is (also) a physiological de
pendency,” Stein said. “Nicotine is
an addictive substance. That addic
tion becomes stronger the more cig
arettes you smoke.”
Stein said some people say smok
ing relaxes them. In this way, they
become physically and psychologi
cally tied to that cigarette, he said.
What’s Up
Wednesday
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATORS OF TOMORROW: will meet at 7 p.m. in
214 Reed McDonald. Representatives from the Houston Livestock Show
and Rodeo will be present to discuss internships at the 1990 show.
MSC POLITICAL FORUM: presents E.L. Miller lecture series “Tomorrow’s
Technology Today” in the University Center Complex. For more informa
tion call 845-1515.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM: will have a seminar on dealing
with population pressures and rapidly growing urban centers: The North
Mexico Monterrey Plan at 7 p.m. in 305 Rudder.
RHA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 301 Rudder.
OPAS STARK SERIES & DEPT. OF PHILOSOPHY & HUMANITIES: will have
a brown bag concert with pianist Paul Hersh at noon in 402 Academic.
For more information call Rebecca Binder at 845-3355.
DEPARTMENT OF MODERN CLASSICAL LANGUAGES: will have a lecture
by Dr. Claudine Huntin titled “Counter-Revolutionary Correspondence:
Jacques Cazotte’s Dangerous Liaisons” at 4:15 p.m. in 212 MSC.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have a TAMU 1990 study abroad programs in
formational meeting from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in 228 MSC.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have a loans for study abroad informational
meeting from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in 402 Rudder.
MSC ALL-NIGHT FAIR: recognized student organizations may sign up for a
booth from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. in 216 MSC. For more information call Angie
Payne at 845-1515.
HISPANIC BUSINESS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 156
Blocker.
WOMEN’S STUDIES SUPPORT GROUP: will have an organizational meeting
at 6 p.m. in 139 MSC. For more information call Melissa Cuthbert at 846-
3487.
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND DEPT. OF PHILOSOPHY & HUMANI
TIES: Paul Hersh will give a lecture/demonstration performance of the
"Goldbert Variations” by Johann Sebastian Bach at 7:30 p.m. in 402 Aca
demic. For more information call Rebecca Binder at 845-3355.
CIRCOLO ITALIANO: will have its first official meeting at 8 p.m. in 127 Aca
demic.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have a table with information on study abroad
opportunities frorp IO a.m. to 2 p.m. in the MSC main hallway.
WOMEN’S BONFIRE COMMITTEE: will meet at 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder.
BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE: will present “Succeeding at Texas A&M"
at 7 p.m. in Rudder.
SOCIETY OF FLIGHT TEST ENGINEERS: test pilot 7 faculty member Dr. Don
T. Ward will discuss the F-15 flight test program at 7 p.m. in 116 Engi
neering. For more information call Scott Brandt at 696-4010.
PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS FELLOWSHIP: will have a worship service at 7:30 p.m.
in the All Faiths Chapel. For more information call Chris Blevins at 847-
7000.
FLORICULTURE—ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE: will have a general
meeting at 7 p.m. in 104 Horticulture Forestry Sciences.
RIO BRAZOS AUDUBON SOCIETY: Bruce Miles of the Texas Forest Service
will speak on Forest Management and its impact on wildlife at 7:30 p.m. in
the Mark Francis Room at the TAMU Vet School.
SOUTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7:30 p.m.
at the Dixie Chicken. For more information call Bill Wrightson at 846-
8519.
EUROPE CLUB: will have its regular weekly 10:30 p.m. upstairs at Sneakers.
Call 696-1413 for more information.
MSC COMMITTEE FOR THE AWARENESS OF MEXICAN-AMERICAN CUL
TURE: will have a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 212 MSC.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. For more
information call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at 8:30 p.m. For
more information call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280.
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“(In general,) they use cigarettes
as a crutch,” he said.
But smokers can quit, and there
are several steps involved, Stein said.
First of all, a smoker must want to
quit.
“Some people don’t want to quit,”
he said. “If (a smoker) doesn’t want
to quit, he’s not going to.”
A common method to stop smok
ing is to quit cold turkey, Stein said.
“That is the most successful
method today,” he said.
However, one drawback to this
method is that it is difficult to do,
Stein said.
Stopping cold turkey also causes
withdrawal symptoms such as crav
ings and tension, Stein said. These
symptoms should diminish after a
few days and disappear in 10 to 14
days.
There are relaxation exercises for
managing stress without smoking,
he said.
Some smokers even complain of
tingling sensations and numbness in
their arms and legs, Stein said.
These sensations are due to im
proved circulation and will disap
pear when the smoker’s body read
justs itself, he said.
Several local clinics offer alterna
tives to quitting cold turkey.
There are three AM/PM Clinics in
the Bryan-College Station area, but
only one offers programs to help
smokers quit. The AM/PM Clinic at
3820 Texas Ave. in Bryan offers a
hypnosis program for smokers. A lo
cal doctor conducts the sessions.
An AM/PM Clinic employee who
went through the clinic’s hypnosis
program for weight loss said the
programs work if people try to help
themselves.
“Mentally, you’re going to have to
do it yourself,” she said. “You’re
going to have to want to do it.”
For more information, call the
AM/PM Clinic at 846-4-756.
The health educator at Scott &
White Clinic, 1600 University Drive
East in College Station, puts smokers
who want to quit through a five-step
process, said Stephanie O’Brien, a
senior health eaucation major at
Texas A&M and intern at the clinic.
First, patients must identify them
selves as the most important factor
in quitting. Then they must state at
least two situations during the day
when they smoke. Sally Sxagg, the
health educator, then reviews tech
niques for smokers to control their
urges and avoid trigger situations.
Skagg then explains the effects of
nicotine on the cardiovascular and
pulmonary systems. Finally, smokers
must state at least one reason or mo
tivation to quit.
Scott & White Clinic also has in
formational videos and brochures
for smokers who want to quit.
Like the AM/PM Clinic, Scott &
White Clinic offers a hypnosis pro
gram for smokers who want to quit.
Another program Scott & White
Clinic offers is Smoke Stoppers, a
national program conducted by pre
vious smokers who completed the
program and quit smoking.
O’Brien said the program encour
ages smokers to set goals and then
provides knowledge, guidance and
support to help them reach those
goals. Former smokers know what it
takes to quit and can counsel those
trying to stop smoking, O’Brien said.
During the first week of Smoke
Stoppers, participants will have 90-
minute sessions Monday through
Thursday. Smokers actually stop
smoking during these sessions,
O’Brien said.
For the next three weeks, partici
pants meet once a week in hour-long
support sessions. These sessions
help participants deal with stress and
educate them on exercise and diet,
O’Brien said.
The next Smoke Stoppers session
beginsjan. 15.
For more information, call Scott &
White Clinic’s health education de
partment at 268-3397.
A&M’s Student Counseling Serv
ice on the third floor of the YMCA
Building also offers a hypnosis pro
gram for smokers who want to quit.
For more information, call the Stu
dent Counseling Service at 845-
4427.
Reagan spokesman Speakes visits A&M tonight
Larry Speakes, former spokes
man for President Reagan, will
speak at 6:15 tonight in 113 Hel-
denfels. ,
Speakes will be joined by Tom
Brokaw, NBC News anchor, via
speakerphone for the first part of
the presentation.
Speakes is coming to talk to a
journalism class, taught by Peter
Roussel, former deputy press sec
retary for Reagan, that focuses on
the relationship between the me
dia and the presidency. Tonight,
the class will be open to the pub
lic.
Speakes, author of “Speaking
Out,” also was a staff assistant to
President Nixon and assistant
press secretary to President Ford,
and is currently a communica
tions consultant.
Turner
(Continued from page 4)
supports the idea of a non-voting
liaison to provide regent informa
tion to students and student infor
mation to the regents.
He worked toward the same goal
when he was an undergraduate at
the University of Texas, and would
do the same as a Texas Senator, he
said.
Turner said he has always op
posed to abortion, except in the case
of incest, rape or the mother’s
health.
Turner, age 43, graduated from
the University of Texas with degrees
in law and business. He served as a
captain in the U.S. Army Reserve
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until 1978 and since 1973 has en
gaged in private law practice.
Turner served on the Texas
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priations Committee, the Ways and
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ernor Mark White. He was later pro
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served until 1985.
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