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. 2011 Apr 7;140(3):681–689. doi: 10.1378/chest.10-2609

Table 1.

—Project Sirocco Coaching Session Topics

Session Topics
1 SHSe and Health. What is secondhand smoke? Why should we care if other people are smoking around us? Do you know any health problems that can result from being around tobacco smoke?
2 Tobacco Products. Cigars, cigarillos, pipes, cigarettes, cloves, menthols, hookahs, chewing tobacco, and snuff. There are many kinds of tobacco products that release harmful smoke into the air.
3 Where’s the Smoke? Tips on communicating with smokers: let them know you care about them, let them talk and listen to what they say, be patient and know that you may not come to an agreement regarding changing smoke exposure the first time you talk with them.
4 Smoking as Problems: Beaches and Cars. Why do you think that people smoking at the beach could be a problem? Why do you think that people smoking in a car could be a problem?
5 Tobacco Games, Jokes, and Riddles
6 Smoking Outside California. Do you think that laws about smoking are the same or different in other states besides California? Do you think smoking habits are different in other countries?
7 Tobacco True or False Test (Quiz)
8 Generalization of Problem Solving Methods/Skills Learned During the Coaching Sessions. Review various ways to handle big problems that may initially seem out of a child’s control.
Phone sessions Between each of the eight in-home sessions (above), which occurred every 2 weeks, coaches completed a phone session with the child. No new topics were introduced during the phone sessions. The focus of phone sessions was to check on progress on the child’s customized short-term SHSe reduction goal.

SHSe = secondhand smoke exposure.