Unlike other cessation programs, which simply modify adult curriculum, N-O-T was designed with teenagers in mind and addresses issues that are specifically important to them. The program takes a holistic approach with each session using different interactive learning strategies based on Social Cognitive Theory of behavior change that can then be applied and practiced in everyday life and encourages a voluntary change for youths ages 13 to 19.
This 10-week program covers the following topics:
- Session 1: Getting the Facts (Building excitement/program introduction)
- Session 2: Getting Ready (Motivation and decision to quit)
- Session 3: Me - Tobacco Free (Taking tobacco out of daily life)
- Session 4: Mind and Body (Before) (Physical and psychological effects of addiction)
- Session 5: The Big Day (Quit Day - taking action)
- Session 6: Staying Quit (Gaining support and managing slips)
- Session 7: Tuning In/Tuning Out: Expressing My Needs (Assertiveness and communication)
- Session 8: Tuning In/Tuning Out: Helping Others (Countering social influences and advertising)
- Session 9: Mind and Body (After) (Physical/mental health changes after quitting)
- Session 10: Committed and Connected (Long-term maintenance and maintenance of a tobacco-free identity)
