...of tobacco by athletic coaches. Smoking by coaches sets a bad example for athletes and also compromises the health of the coaches themselves. The paper includes a model project to help the coaches quit smoking, the goals to be implemented, and timelines to follow as well as how the project is going to be executed. After the results of the project have been collected the program is evaluated for its rate of success or failure.
It is interesting to note that the increase of smoking in America has steadily correlated with the increasing incidence of lung cancer. Back at the turn of the century, when cigarette smoking was no more popular than that of fifty per capita each year, lung cancer was virtually nonexistent. At that time, cigars, pipes and chewing tobacco were the primary methods of use for tobacco products. As cigarette consumption grew over the...