10 steps to resist the urgent desire to use tobacco

Severe diseases and respiratory diseases have warned that the urgent desire to drink tobacco can be exhausted by anyone trying to stop smoking, so it is necessary to follow a clear strategy to take off.

On the occasion of the International Day of the Refrain from Smoking, which falls on May 31 of each year (yesterday), they stressed that quitting smoking is a first step in a long march towards better health, and it may serve as a turning point in a person’s life, and that stopping smoking leads to many health benefits, starting from the improvement of lung functions to reduce the risk of chronic diseases.

The International Day for the Refrain from Smoking is a global occasion aimed at increasing awareness of the dangers of smoking and enhancing efforts to reduce its consumption, while doctors repeated their warnings of the harmful health effects of smoking in all its forms, including chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease and respiratory system, and providing support and assistance to smokers who want to quit this harmful habit, through the safe alternatives of nicotine, and set 10 ways to resist the urgent desire to use tobacco.

Quitting smoking before the age of 40 years reduces the risk of smoking diseases by 90%, and this percentage is better even when taking off before the age of 30, as refrain from smoking enhances the body’s ability to recover, even patients who are diagnosed with cancer, they can increase the chances of survival by between 60 and 70% in the event of their quit smoking.

Cottap Challenge

The specialist accredited in the treatment of addiction to smoking, Dr. Iyad Hassan, stated that the challenge lies in “helping people to take the decision to quit smoking and provide them with support to continue a life free from smoking, and their awareness of the health risks that arise from other forms of smoking, such as hookah and scoops”, indicating that “hookah smoke contains 100 times what cigarette smoke contains chemicals Smoking hookah for 60 minutes equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes, and the amount of nicotine in a single dose of the tanks is equivalent to its counterpart in five cigarettes. This means that smoking four doses per day is equal to smoking a whole can of cigarettes. ”

He said that the tanks are very dangerous to public health, which requires increased awareness of the damage of smoking in all its forms, and that there is no healthy form of it, and that quitting this habit is very necessary to maintain health.

Benefits of taking off

While oncology consultant, Dr. Hassan Jaafar, confirmed the existence of many benefits of smoking quitting, including reducing the risk of disease and disability, or the death resulting from cancer, heart and lung diseases, or peripheral vascular diseases that may lead – for example – amputation of organs, and protecting the health of those around them not exposing them to involuntary smoking, improving the level of fertility, appearance of skin and teeth, and teeth, Breathing and fitness, and reduce the risk of fires in homes.

He referred to eight changes that occur in the body when quitting smoking, starting with a decrease in blood and pulse pressure to the normal limit, and the blood circulation improves, specially in the frames, within 20 minutes of quitting smoking, as the oxygen is a natural oxygen in the blood, and the possibility of heart stroke decreases during the first eight hours, and no first presence The carbon oxide in the body, and the lungs begin to get rid of the other omissions and impurities after the first day of takeoff. On the second day, the nickels fade from the body, and the sense of taste and smell improves. Within 72 hours, the pulmonary people relax, facilitate the breathing process, and increase the energy rate in the body. During the first four months, the bloody cycle improves, facilitates movement, including walking, and the problems of respiratory system, such as coughing and breath. The two lungs function also improves at a rate of 5 to 10% after nine months have passed since the smoking stops, while the risk of infection with the heart of the heart will be reduced to half within five years.

“Electronic” lie

And a consultant of lung diseases, Dr. Imad Al -Namnim, warned that the damage of the electronic cigarette is not less dangerous than traditional smoking, especially since many of its users get a greater amount of nicotine than they may get from the combustible tobacco products, where users can buy high -strength “cartridges” contain a higher concentration than nicotine, in addition to that the flavors added to the product helps in increasing addiction On the product.

He stressed that electronic smoking causes great harm to the lungs, and leads to death, pointing out that the traditional smoker, when it turns to electronic cigarettes, feels a “deceptive improvement” in breathing functions, due to the fact that electronic cigarettes do not contain carbon monoxide that causes a chronic lack of oxygen in the body, but many toxins enter the body through the resulting burning of the heating system for the components of the cigarettes Electronic, these cigarettes also cause a decrease in the functional performance of the brain, especially in adolescents, causing narrowing of blood vessels and arterial insufficiency, and increasing the speed of the heartbeat.

He said that the atmosphere (sullen or spray) for electronic cigarettes can contain harmful and dominated chemicals, as it contains e -cigarette spraying on the milestones of the younger than the smoker more than the smoke of traditional cigarettes, which makes its ability The most close to the depths of the two lungs, as well as containing the two nations that help in increasing addiction to the product and obstructing mental development from the teenagers, indicating that it is not approved for any electronic need to take off from the seizure.

Women’s cigarette

A gynecologist, Dr. Mai Mohamed, stated that electronic smoking contributed to increasing the spread of the smoking habit among women and girls, despite its health and social danger, pointing out that the damages of smoking on women are multiple, so the skin of a smoked woman is a gray and pale, due to the vascular effect of nicotine, as it causes premature aging, and the appearance of wrinkles on the face and neck, It leads to bombing and fragility of the nails, yellowing of the teeth, cold ends and a change in the tone of sound. The smoked woman suffers from loss of appetite and the consumption of vitamins and nutrients inside her body – although she needs a greater balance than her compared to the non -smoked woman – and a sense of chronic fatigue, stress, nervousness and tension, in addition to the unpleasant smell of mouth, hair and clothes, and the occurrence of disturbances in the menstrual cycle, which causes a decrease in fertility in the woman and increases the rate of infertility.

Places symptoms

Doctors pointed out that the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal include: anxiety, nervousness, frustration, difficulty focusing and insomnia, low heart rate and increased appetite, which requires strong will. The will is half the way to stop to stop smoking.

And set 10 steps that enhance the chances of quitting smoking include: setting a plan to take off, identify difficulties and think about the ways through which the desire to smoke can overcome, and remember the results that will be reaped from refraining from smoking and that they deserve effort and trouble, and asking for help from the doctor, family and friends, so supporting these increases the possibility of success, and not surrendering, the person may need more than an attempt so that he can stop smoking, Studies have shown that the chances of success improve with the continuing attempts, and the use of nicotine alternatives to curb the desire to smoke (gum, stickers, sucking tablets, nose or mouth sprays and inhalation devices), in addition to consulting a doctor about medications that may be useful to reduce the desire to smoke or relieve the symptoms of quitting it.

The ways to quit smoking included, paying attention to chewing to combat the urgent desire for tobacco (gum without sugar, solid dessert, or carrots), practicing physical activities, as it helps to pay attention from the urgent desire to smoke, and practice some relaxation methods (such as deep breathing exercises, or yoga), or listening to calming music, stopping the saying of a single cigarette. To satisfy the urgent desire for tobacco so as not to return to smoking again, and receive support by joining one of the available online programs to quit smoking, or read the smoking quitting blog and spread encouraging ideas to others.

It is worth noting that the statistics of the last version of the “global tobacco Atlas” concerned with collecting documented information about tobacco abuse in the world showed that the number of smokers adults “more than 15 years” in the United Arab Emirates in 2022, reached 988 thousand and 683 smokers (men 929 thousand and 595 adults, and females 57 thousand and 772 smokers), where the rate of smoking spread between Adults in the United Arab Emirates are 11.9%, in the same period (15.5% among men and 2.5% among women), while the rate of smoking spread among young people (from 10 to 14 years) 7.1%, (10.6% among males, and 3.7% among females).

Passive smoking

Doctors emphasized that inhaling smoking smoke smokers is dangerous to non -smokers, as negative smokers can expose the same health risks to smokers, as the risk of negative smoking on children includes irritation of the eyes, nose, throat, shortness of breath, increased chest infections, and sudden death of infants, and the risk of negative smoking on non -smokers includes increased risk of heart attacks and lung cancer Sinus cancer, as it affects the arteries and doubles the risk of stroke.

21 clinics

The Abu Dhabi Public Health Center emphasized that tobacco control is considered one of its most important priorities, and that the pursuit of an environment free of smoking in all its forms is a major strategy in the tobacco control program launched by the center in order to improve public health and preserve lives, as the program focuses on the relationship between electronic smoking and smoking diseases, in order to correct misconceptions and encourage all members of society to stop using tobacco and electronic cigarettes and enjoy a life Health, and the center opened 21 accredited clinics at the emirate level, providing tobacco quit services and urging the public to go to them to obtain their services by reserving an appointment to meet a specialist doctor to determine therapeutic procedures and follow up the case.

• 4 doses of the tunnels are equivalent to smoking a full box of cigarettes.

• The traditional smoker, when it turns into electronic cigarettes, feels a “deceptive improvement” in breathing functions.