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Smoking
The End
by Traci Fenton
Collegian Staff Writer
A heated issue on Behrend
campus today is one of smoking.
With the new restrictions soon to
be imposed on Penn State
campuses, will some smokers
learn to limit or quit their habit?
Dr. Kallgren, a psychology
professor here at Behrend already
has. Kallgren, who Started
smoking at age thirteen, because
of what "peer pressure," hasn't
smoked for the past eleven
months.
How does someone smoking a
pack a day since their teenage
years quit completely? He said it
wasn't easy. In fact this is not the
first time Dr. Kallgren has quit,
yet he said, "I feel confident I
won't start again." At age twenty
he kicked the habit for • six
months because of yoga and the
whole health experience. Yet
being around people smokers got
him started again. Dr. Kallgren
laughed as he used Mark Twain's
famous one-liner, " Quitting
smoking is easy-- I've done it
hundreds of times."
A big motivator for this
professor to quit was word from
his doctor. He explained that "...
vividness of information is what
people need to influence them."
When Kallgren's doctor explained
the extensive damage smoke was
doing to his lungs, he was
convinced. The doctor pointed out
highlights from his experience of
whitnessing people having lungs
Collegian Smoking Survey
The Collegian, in cooperation with a
group of Behrend students is conducting a
survey to find out how students and faculty
feel about the new smoking policy which
will go into effect this April
PART 1: Status
1. Male
2. Student
3. Housing Status:
On campus
4. Smoker
5. If so, how long have you been a smoker?
6. Were you aware of the smoking policy going into effect 4/1189 ?
PART II: Opinions
Please indicate the degree to which you agree or disagree with the
following statements.
7. Smoking should be prohibited in all campus buildings excluding
private residences.
strongly
8. Smoking should be permitted in well ventilated designated indoor
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surgically removed and the
graphic details of dealing with
emphysema. Doctors see the
effects of smoking and are vividly
motivated to quit or not to start.
Dr. Kaligren paraphrased what
Surgeon General Coop explained,
"We need to educate our
physicians to inform the public
smoking is extremely harmful to
their health."
Many people pick up
substitute habits in, place of
smoking. Nicorette gum is what
"I don't know anyone
who smokes because
they think that it is
good for them."
helped Dr. Kallgren. Though he
experienced sore gums and a
slight weight gain, he feels
considerably healthier. Also, the
correlation between smoking and
alcohol is strong. Along with
chewing prescription gum, the
temporary avoidance of parties
and alcohol helped him.
Concerning the new Penn
State University law which will
ban smoking in university
buildings starting April 1, Dr.
Kallgren had both positive and
negative feelings. "From a health
stand point, the new law is great.
There is evidence from social
psychology that behaviors
determine attitudes. Therefore, if
a law is made to ban a bad
behavior you may begin to
realize how bad it is and not
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smoke. I don't know anyone who
smokes because they think it's
good for them." Yet he believes
the law can have a negative effect
because "people might tend to
have bitter feelings about being
controlled or restricted."
People often go to great
lengths to quit smoking.
Hypnotic sessions often enter the
picture when people look for a
painless way to kick the habit.
From a psychologist's point of
view, Dr. Kallgren doesn't
believe in them. "Evidence shows
hypnosis [by itself] does not
work, but if the patients truly
believe it will work-- they will
quit." He explained it's not the
hypnosis that does the trick, it's
the person's sincere desire to quit
and other components of the
program.
When asked for advice for
those people who are currently
trying to stop smoking, Kallgren
said, "I know there is no one sure
method for everyone, yet the
biggest part is for the person to
not lose faith. Don't think you're
weak willed, and be able to say I
want to quit!"
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