The program is upbeat and provides an overview on the stages of change and practical ways to make quitting easier. If I Couldn't Laugh, I'd Cry A humorous slide show of mass media and advertising messages that addresses tobacco use in American culture. Talk can be tailored to meet the needs of the course and the students. Can be done in one to four different sessions. Through slides, discussion and an interactive exercise, students learn the facts about addiction in the professions.
Special attention is paid to ways of identifying a problem and helping a colleague.
The program begins with an interactive exercise using Tylenol and Twinkies and progresses up to a Beer Puzzle game. Alcohol facts and how to handle alcohol poisoning are interwoven with the action. This interactive CD-ROM challenges students to make informal choices about drinking, or not drinking. Alcohol 101 gives students a set of practical behavioral tools to help them maintain personal safety and control in a wide range of situations. This presentation provides an overview of prescriptive and non-prescriptive methods of birth control available to all students.