With lack of promotion the “Are You Ready To Quit Smoking?” cessation workshop was held at PCC and LAC in which no students attended.
This event is a resourceful program meant to help people seeking aid in quitting smoking cigarettes.
During the event, students were given helpful information and resources to help them quit smoking.
The meeting was filled with helpful brochures, tips, and things such as mental health hotlines and gum to help ease the transition of quitting for some.
According to Cynthia Shaheen, a nurse at LBCC, no students showed up to the event on both days.
Shaheen has invested a lot of time and her own personal money into the program on things such as custom pedometers, inspirational CD’s, and many small knick knacks with the slogan “Smoke Free Viking” plastered among them.
According to Jamie Kammerman, a student activities advisor at the office of student life on LAC, it seems as though heavily promoting an event is the best way to receive the best result.
“The smoking event is not ours but we have an online software program platform called NordicSync that we usually push all of our events there and on our social media,” Kammerman said.
“We submit to the communications department so that it goes out into the weekly loop email as well as the digital screens out on Carson Street.”
LBCC student Matthew Turck, explains his thoughts why he didn’t consider attending,
“I don’t show up to a lot of campus events anyway, I’m older and I’ve been smoking for a long time so I kind of have my own mindset on it,” Turck said.
“It’s hard to get people to show up to that kind of thing, even if they want to quit. It’s hard to take that step to quit, in public.”
“A lot of people have the mindset of ‘I’m here to learn about others things, I don’t need them to tell me how to live my life. I don’t get so mad about it, but some people do.”
Future events will happen on March 19 at LAC and March 20 at PCC.