To Stop Tobacco Habit

“It should be the function of Medicine to have people die young as late as possible”

- Ernst L. Wynder MD

• No regrets• No pain

How Does cancer develop?

• Smoking

• Alcoholism

• Both

Tobacco Fact sheet• 4700 chemicals in tobacco• Arsenic, acetone, ammonia, cadmium, carbon monoxide,

formaldehyde • At least 43 are known to cause cancer• Diseases caused – Gum disease, hairy tongue,

submucous fibrosis, emphysema, heart disease, cancer etc.

• 5000 people begin to smoke everyday• 90 Indians die every hour due to tobacco• India highest rate of oral cancer in the world• Cost of each cigarette/gutkha is Rs. 180/= (RD

1packet/day*20 years – 4 lakhs, Tmt. – 5 lakhs, loss of income @50,000/mo. *20 years)

Smoking also increases the risk of over a dozen other cancers including cancers of the mouth, larynx (voice box), oesophagus (food pipe), liver, pancreas, stomach, kidney, bladder and cervix, as well as some types of leukaemia.

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A. Psychological Methods 1

• Be supportive & respectful, it is hard to stop using tobacco

• Take it out of sphere of fashion

• Admit the addiction

• De-addiction programme

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A. Psychological Methods 2

Mind

Power the Subconcious Mind

Values

Peace & sharpnessFaith & AcceptanceWinning & TenacityAffectionLooking goodLove & AltruismRelaxationRelationshipToleranceBeing practical

AspirationsSuccess & richesFinal achievementBeing luckyMoney and wealthHealth and healingHouse and gardenOwning a new carTraveling abroadBetter job and payGold and diamondsProsperity & property

Conquests

Looking healthyLooking normalQuitting smokingLooking slimMended-relationships

Visualize, Act & Attract

Steps of Creative Visualization

Step 1: Think good (clean slate)Step 2: Imagine Quitting SmokingStep 3: Leave the past & Believe

that the situation is possible

Step 4: Repeat the scene in the mind at every time you smoke/or get the urge to

smoke (attract)Step 5: Keep the mind open for the

opportunities that developStep 6: Act by cutting down/stoppingStep 7: Repeat the above steps.

Method is something similar to mountaineering. You need to anchor to a good spot above and pull yourself up.

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B. Physical Methods1. Get Addicted to a good habit

Fundamental Law: Protective factors promote positive behaviours and inhibit risk behaviours

Colours Variety Fibre Raw

Good Habit effect

“Carrot for cigarette”

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B Physical Methods 2.

• 20 minutes a day 4 times 20 minutes a day 4 times a weeka week

• Feel like smoking? Feel like smoking? Instead, take a walkInstead, take a walk

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C. Incentive of “Family”C. Incentive of “Family”

Children and second-hand smoke exposure• Second-hand smoke (SHS), also known as Second-hand smoke (SHS), also known as

environmental tobacco smoke, consists of both environmental tobacco smoke, consists of both the smoke that is exhaled from the lungs of the smoke that is exhaled from the lungs of smokers and the smoke that is given off by a smokers and the smoke that is given off by a burning tobacco product between puffs. burning tobacco product between puffs.

• Only 100% smoke-free environments Only 100% smoke-free environments protect your children protect your children

• Even brief exposures can be harmful. Even brief exposures can be harmful. • A single cigarette smoked in a room with poor A single cigarette smoked in a room with poor

ventilation generates much higher concentrations ventilation generates much higher concentrations of toxic substances in the air than normal, of toxic substances in the air than normal, everyday activities in a city. everyday activities in a city.

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Children and second-hand smoke exposure • The air quality found inside a car with someone

smoking is similar to or worse than the air quality found in smoky pubs.

• Exposure to second-hand smoke in children increases risk of: Low birth weight Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Ear infections Poor lung development Bronchitis and pneumonia Asthma, cough, and wheeze

• Being exposed to second-hand smoke as a child may lead to respiratory problems later in life.

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Children and second-hand smoke exposure • Even if smoking is banned in all public places, this

approach will not protect children from second-hand smoke in the home.

• Exposure in the home is the most important source of exposure to second-hand smoke for young children.

• Educational efforts that warn smokers about the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and smoking while pregnant can influence the behavior of parents and help to quit smoking.

• Demand all indoor public places to be 100% smoke-free.

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“Medicine is the only profession that labours incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence.” - James Bryce

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