Tobacco Cessation

“Cessation”- What does it mean??? Cessation is end, termination of your habit.

Tobacco Cessation: Objectives To prepare children / Adults to quit To support quit attempts To prevent relapse

Tobacco Cessation: Methods PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL Medical Drink water Activities Deep Breathing Declare Avoid Rideout Reward Discuss Medication Nicotine replacement therapy

Tobacco Cessation: Physical Methods Activities: Exercise or do hobbies that keep your hands busy, such as needlework or woodworking that can help distract you from the urge to tobacco consumption or count 1 to 100 numbers orally, recall the happy moments in your life. The desire of the consumption occurred only for 5 to 10 minute. Drink Water: It will flush out the chemicals. Instead of tobacco products eat food items like peanuts Deep Breathing Deep breathing will bring more oxygen to the brain, helping it to relax and focus on something else

Tobacco Cessation: Emotional Methods Declaration: Declare your date of quitting tobacco and tell to your family members, friends. The people will help you to quit tobacco Avoid: Avoid people and places where you are tempted to consume tobacco. Later on, you will be able to handle these with more confidently. Discuss: Talk about your thoughts and feelings. Ride out: Ride out the desire; It will go away but do not fool yourself into thinking you can have just one.

Tobacco Cessation: Emotional Methods Reward: Reward yourself in ways that don’t cost money

Tobacco Cessation: Medical Methods Medication: If you are not able to control your self by using the above methods then go ahead and take medical help for cessation. Nicotine Replacement therapy: Nicotine replacement therapy is a treatment to help people stop using tobacco. It uses products that supply low doses of nicotine. These products do not contain many of the toxins found in smoke. The goal of therapy is to cut down on cravings for nicotine and ease the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal

How to Quit S = Set a quit date. T = Tell family, friends, and co-workers that your plan to quit. A = Anticipate and plan for the challenges you'll face while quitting. R = Remove cigarettes and other tobacco products from your home, car, and work place. T = Talk to your doctor about getting help to quit.

Benefits of quitting After 8 hours: Carbon monoxide in your body drops Oxygen level in your blood increases to normal After 2 days: You sense of smell and taste will improve. You will enjoy your food more. Your risk of heart attack begins to decrease

Benefits of quitting After 3 - 4 days: Bronchial tubes relax and your lung capacity will have increased, making breathing easier.

After 2 weeks: Blood flow improves; nicotine has passed from your body Benefits of quitting After 2 weeks: Blood flow improves; nicotine has passed from your body

Benefits of quitting Within 2 weeks to 3 months: Circulation will improve, making walking and running easier; lung functioning increases up to 30%

Benefits of quitting Within 6 to 9 months: You'll experience less coughing, sinus congestion, tiredness and shortness of breath After 1 year: Your risk of heart disease will be about half of what it would have been if you continued to smoke

Benefits of quitting After 5 years: Your risk of stroke will be substantially reduced After 10 years: Your risk of dying from lung cancer will be about half of what it would have been if you had continued to smoke. Your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas will also decrease. Within 15 years: Your risk of dying from a heart attack is equal to a person who never smoked.

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Benefits of quitting Personal benefits Increases life time Improves health Increases your stamina Increases the youthfulness Boost self confidence

Benefits of quitting tobacco Family benefits Brings happiness within the family Saves the family members life by non exposure of passive smoking. You become a role model for your children Increases saving which helps in improving the lifestyle

Benefits of quitting tobacco Social benefits Save trees Save other forms of life and protects the ecosystem Keeps the environment clean & pollution free

Benefits of quitting tobacco Economic Benefits Saves national income Increased Savings Future health care costs

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