Sentence examples for resisting smoking from inspiring English sources

For those at the preparation stage, counselors would boost their self-efficacy in resisting smoking and discuss possible withdrawal symptoms.

The counselors provide individualized advice tailored for women smokers, to improve their self-efficacy in resisting smoking and to deal with withdrawal symptoms so that they gain confidence and increase control over their own behavior.

Apart from a high quit rate, subjects showed improvement in their self-efficacy in resisting smoking and their confidence in quitting, with less perceived difficulty, after receiving the intervention.

"They're making kids appear smart if they resist smoking," she said.

Henriksen and Jackson, p.87 [ 49] define anti-smoking socialisation as "the transmission of knowledge, attitudes and skills that prepare children to resist smoking".

Almost three quarters of staff agreed that patients would continue to smoke under a total smoking ban, a finding that is consistent with the findings of previous research that staff believe that patients will resist smoking bans [ 19, 26].

Suggestions were made for the participants to use their power to resist smoking in tempting situations and to deal with symptoms such as mood swings or enhanced appetite following smoking cessation.

Health education (particularly on smoking) should be incorporated as a subject in primary and secondary schools curricula and should include encouraging healthy leisure time activities to deter smoking, raising awareness of health impact of smoking, enhancing children's emotional intelligence and social skills to resist smoking.

The stage-matched smoking cessation intervention aims to (1) increase awareness on the needs to quit smoking; (2) motivate and increase confidence in ability to quit; (3) set a quit plan and boost their self-efficacy to resist smoking; and (4) discuss possible withdrawal symptoms and relapse prevention strategies.

When Mr. Giuliani, in 1994, supported a partial ban on smoking in restaurants, Mr. Lhota, a cigar enthusiast, resisted, describing smoking as a personal matter outside the government's purview.

In 1995 he aligned himself with those who unsuccessfully resisted the smoking ban on the Brighton-Victoria line, organising fug-ins in the buffet car.