TABLE 1—

Topics Taught in Tobacco Free El Paso’s Tobacco Cessation Training Courses

Level 1: Técnicas Básicas para Dejar el Tabacoa	Level 2: Treatment Specialist	Level 3: Déjate de ese Viciob
Nicotine addiction	Alternative therapies	Spanish-language intensive intervention curriculum
History and statistics of tobacco use	Assessment instruments
Economic effects of smoking	Case study analysis
Minimal, brief, and intensive interventions	Client recruitment
Stages of change	Counseling
5 A’s, 5 R’s, and quit planc	Pharmacology
	Role playing

^a“Basic Skills to Stop Using Tobacco.”

^b“Leave the Addiction.”

^cThe 5 A’s are: Ask about tobacco use, Advise to quit, Assess willingness to make a quit attempt, Assist in the quit attempt, and Arrange a follow-up time. The 5 R’s are: Relevance, Risks, Rewards, Roadblocks, and Repetition. Quit plans are plans with patients that help them identify a date to begin their smoke-free life.