Project Proposal: Helping People Quit Smoking in Bay of Plenty

This project proposal outlines a comprehensive plan to help people quit smoking in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand. It begins with a summary, background information on national smoking cessation targets, and the government's initiatives including tax increases on cigarettes. The proposal then details specific strategies for the Bay of Plenty region, such as banning tobacco advertising, conducting campaigns for pregnant mothers, limiting tobacco sales, integrating smoking cessation into school curricula, and increasing access to quit-smoking services. The proposal also suggests the establishment of agencies to oversee the implementation of these policies and train healthcare professionals. The next steps involve securing management support, funding for further research, and prioritizing the project's completion to achieve the goal of reducing smoking rates and improving public health. The proposal emphasizes the need for the management team to consider the implications of the project's success or failure and to support its implementation.

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Table of contents
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Proposal details
4. Next Steps
5. References
6. .Appendix
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Summary
The project is about helping people of Bay of plenty quit smoking. In doing so, it would
be essential to come up with a target group and also look at the current policies in New
Zealand on the same issue. In addition to that, the project would come up with a national
initiative and another one that supports the national initiative which will form the basis of
coming up with the suggestions on Bay of plenty region on helping people quit smoking.
On the other hand, the suggestion or rather proposals are to be viewed by the
management team that will determine whether the project is worth to be put into practice.
Thus, the proposal is a means of trying to convince the team or rather the management to
accept the proposal. Additionally, it is important to convince to air out what needs to be
done by the management at the moment as far as the project suggestion is concerned. It
is, therefore, crucial to also highlight this as far as the project proposal is concerned.
Some of the ways that the project proposes to management include but are not limited to
educating pregnant women on the need to stop smoking before, during and after smoking.
Also, the project proposes the creation of agencies that will oversee the implementation
of the project proposals. Even though the people that are more vulnerable are pregnant
women and those that are in primary care, the project proposal stipulates that the whole
population need to be looked at because smoking affects the whole population and not
just the two groups. Another proposal is that the region needs to uphold national
initiatives not only as a guide but as best practices that will also assist in helping people
quit smoking.
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Background
Smoking is common among many populations, and various governments across the globe
have put up policies to advocate for its abolition or help them do away with this behavior.
In New Zealand, in particular, the government has set out a national target, which is; help
quit smoking targeting smokers in primary health care and pregnant women. However,
recently, the target group has extended to include the whole population (Jha, & Peto,
2014). There are various reasons for the government choosing the selected target. Firstly,
smoking would pose a serious challenge to pregnant women before, during and after
pregnancy. In addition to that, a child born from a smoking mother will likely have
complications and this something that the government would like to avoid (Benowitz, &
Goniewicz, 2013). Moreover, over 5000 people die each year as a result of smoking, and
this figure will increase in future. Thus, the government is keen to extend the target group
to include the whole population to avoid more deaths in future. Patients with primary
health care form another target group that the government has identified. The government
rolling on the initiative of better help for smokers to quit would see patients avoiding
smoking or quitting it all together after they are discharged (Grana, & Ling, 2014).
Additionally, for lung cancer patient, the government would help patients reduce the
further progression of the disease.
One of the current initiatives that relate to the above initiative is an increase of 10
percent of tax on a cigarette every year until 2020. The initiative, that is, increasing
taxation on cigarettes would increase the cost of production of cigarettes, and in effect
increasing its price. In addition to that, increasing taxation on a cigarette will scare away
manufactures thus reducing or preventing more people from engaging in its production. It
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is an effort that will reduce the sale, distribution, and production of cigarettes (Grana,
Benowitz, & Glantz, 2014). On the other hand, prices of cigarettes will shoot making it
less affordable or rather expensive among smokers. It is another initiative that will
discourage people from buying cigarettes for the habit seems to be expensive. The target
group for this initiative will be for the whole population in New Zealand. As highlighted
above, there are many ways that this will help people quit smoking. About helping people
quit smoking, there has been a reduction of pregnant women smoking according to recent
research (Nides et al., 2014). In addition to that, a study carried out on the youth smoking
show that the youth are starting to avoid smoking terming it an expensive habit.
Moreover, there has been complaining from the cigarette manufacturing companies on
the initiative of increasing taxation, something that suggests, are not happy and may not
be encouraging for other similar players.
Proposal details
In Bay of Plenty region, there should be initiatives that can be put in place to discourage
people from smoking, or rather would make them quit smoking, for pregnant mothers,
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patients and the whole population at large. Firstly, Bay of plenty governance should
support a ban on advertising tobacco products on posters, stores and other advertising
avenues. The program would see that cigarette and tobacco products are not seen by
youngsters as something pleasant to engage in or rather as an item a person ought to brag
about indulging into (World Health Organization, 2015). It is one way that will reduce
the popularity of cigarette and in long run, make people stop smoking. Moreover, the
region should hold campaigns and seminar to sensitize pregnant mothers to stop smoking
before, during and after pregnancy. The seminars and campaigns focus on educating
women on the side effects of smoking while pregnant, both for the new born baby and the
mother. This initiative would make women to be conscious of the manner in which they
are going to interfere with the safety of children when smoking. In addition to that, it
would make them aware of the side effects that come with smoking. A person is likely to
be part of the program that he or she understands well that a program that he is not are of
or lacks the necessary knowledge (World Health Organization, 2015). On the other hand,
the region can spearhead program that are aimed at putting policies that limit the sale of
tobacco. It is a program that would make it hard for the majority of people to access
cigarettes and in effect, help people quit smoking. On the other hand, there should be the
minimum age for people to start smoking. It is true that children like imitating and
learning from what they see from adults (El-Zaatari et al., 2015). Putting a legislation that
limits children from smoking at a tender age would limit the number of youngsters
smoking and decide whether to smoke or not at a later age when they are mature enough
to make the right decision (Carter et al., 2015). Additionally, there ought to be integration
of the school curriculum on why children need not to smoke after finishing school. It will
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offer them an opportunity to see why they ought not to smoke either as adults or when
pregnant. Moreover, the region should increase services that are geared towards quit
smoking and better access to services. It will help patients that need to quit smoking and
also make pregnant women access services that aid those aces services they need to quit
smoking (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2014). On the other hand, the
region need to train professionals on making up follow up, either through mobile phones
or face to face consultations to assist patients or pregnant mothers to have the services
they need to quit smoking. In addition to that, the region, through their governance
should put in place agencies that can be instrumental in implementing policies geared
towards embracing quit smoking policies (Brown, Platt, & Amos, 2014). Through these
agencies, it would be easier to identify the challenges that exist with the current policy
and implement it or rectify the mistakes. Moreover, it would be easier to put into practice
the policies that can aid to do away with smoking because now there would be an
oversight authority. On the other hand, health care professional need to be motivated to
carry on their duty with morale and with total devotion to helping people quit smoking is
a commitment that lasts for a long time but not in a span of a short time.
Next Steps
In this regard, it would be important that the management consider my suggestion in
helping the people quit smoking. There are many ways that the management can do this
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at the moment. Firstly, they need to fund my proposal about giving me more time to have
the comprehensive details on the shortcoming and how the region can overcome them.
Moreover, the management can do a wonderful job in making this proposal a top priority
by giving it go ahead to be completed to its fruition. Additionally, it would be important
if the management finds it time to look at this proposal in depth and the implication that
people of the region may face should the suggestions stated fail to materialize. I,
therefore, find it important that the management corporate in the best way possible in
having this project go through.
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References
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Brown, T., Platt, S., & Amos, A. (2014). Equity impact of population-level interventions
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Appendix
Raw, M., McNEILL, A. N. N., & West, R. (1998). Smoking Cessation Guidelines for Health
Professionals—A guide to effective smoking cessation interventions for the health care
system. Thorax, 53(suppl 5), S1-S18.
Wanless, D. (2004). Securing good health for the whole population. London: HM Stationery
Office.
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