International Day of Quitting

Every smoker with experience, at least once in his life, thought about whether to abandon this harmful habit. But the nature and endurance is not enough for everyone who decided to "tie" the relationship with cigarettes and turn to the road of health.

When celebrating the International Day of Quitting

Year after year, problems associated with smoking, gaining momentum. For those who are accustomed to putting off all good initiatives "on Monday," the International Day for Quitting Smoking may be a good reason to stop smoking. In the distant 1977 in America, the International Cancer Society, together with the World Health Organization, initiated the establishment of this holiday. The support day of all those who wanted to change their lives was appointed on the third Thursday of November. In addition, the Convention on Tobacco Control, adopted in 2003 by the World Health Organization, was also called upon to draw attention to the negative consequences of the acquired habit. It was supported by more than 90 countries of the world, including Russia.

Heavy smokers, who are they?

With great regret, it should be noted that, despite the growing anti-propaganda, the established World Day of Quitting, the cigarette fits into the life of modern society. For many, a cigarette in the morning is as natural a ritual as, for example, a cup of coffee or a toast. Statistics say that most people (about 90%) are trying to smoke in their early youth. Just think about it - the average age of a beginner smoker in our country is 11 years. In the seventh or eighth grade, about 8-12% of pupils regularly smoke, and already in the ninth or tenth a percentage increases to 21-24. Scientists say that mostly young people who smoked before the age of 18 can not get rid of this harmful Habits until the end of their days. Young people try to find themselves, their image, often imitating the behavior of idols. Very often, unfortunately, their characters are characters of feature films with a cigarette in their teeth. Maturity forces not only to search for answers to many vital questions, but also to think about your health. In middle age, when the day of quitting for many could become an excuse for changing oneself, as a person realizes all the harmful effects of tobacco, for many years an ingrained habit does not always allow a person to rule over himself. The closer to old age, the harder it becomes to overcome yourself.

Disappointing statistics

Tobacco smoke adversely affects virtually all organs, exacerbates and causes A whole bunch of diseases. 45% of all deaths are directly or indirectly tied to smoking. 4.9 million people in the world die every year from diseases caused by smoking. The likelihood of death from lung cancer is 20 times higher in heavy smokers than those who do not inhale cigarette smoke. Those who like to tighten with tobacco with angina suffer 13 times more often, and a stomach ulcer - 10 times. Scientists directly link chronic lung diseases with the inhalation of tobacco. In Russia, smoking is catastrophic. The country smokes 77% of all men, about 30% of women and almost 40% of teenagers. Doctors from all over the world call at least once a year - on the day of quitting smoking - to try to get rid of the deadly affection.

Why it is difficult to quit smoking

Dependence on taking tobacco takes the leading place next to drug addiction and alcoholism among the most common mortal habits of mankind. Almost all smokers believe that they can throw a cigarette at any time, Many people can not overcome the nicotine addiction. It would seem that there is a desire, and a good reason - the event "Day of Quitting Smoking", and support of relatives, but a person who quits smoking, faces huge difficulties. It is irritability, nervousness, insomnia, increased appetite, gaining extra pounds, slowing the rhythm of the heart. Usually, such manifestations reach a peak one to two weeks after the cessation of tobacco intake into the body and are explained by the fact that both types of nicotine addiction - psychological and physical - are closely intertwined and simultaneously influence the body. This leads the former smoker into a stressful state.

A few tips on how to quit smoking

But there is good news. Unpleasant conditions of the body of a person who refused to smoke, you can stop, and strength of will strengthen through several simple techniques. The need for tobacco in the body with a gradual decrease in dose and withdrawal from it at the physical level allows us to satisfy modern nicotine substitutes - plasters, pills, etc. Psychological dependence helps to overcome the following tips. Assign a clear date - the day of quitting - and prepare to replace the bad habit of holding a cigarette in your teeth at Another action, for example, buy yourself in advance bags with seeds or chewing gum. Try to replace the pleasant sensations from inhaling cigarettes to other pleasant moments - when you really want to smoke it is recommended to have sex. In addition, ex-smokers advise a proven method - if at this stage it is not at all possible to sharply postpone cigarettes - on the first day remove from the pack a cigarette and discard it. Every day, the number of cigarettes to be removed must be increased by one. Also, very many people quit smoking helped an electronic cigarette - this is for those who can not wean themselves from letting smoke out of their mouths. And in any case, do not reproach yourself, if your day of quitting has gone somehow wrong, and you broke. Very few managed to quit smoking the first time.

Life without a cigarette

Those who abandoned cigarettes, soon feel the favorable changes that occur in their body. More than once everyone will thank himself and applaud standing for the fact that one day he came up with a great idea - to spend a day of giving up smoking. Already at the end of the second day after giving up the bad habit, the body starts to remove carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, the tone of the blood vessels comes back to normal, and it becomes easier for a person to breathe, literally. After a week, the sense of smell improves and the taste becomes more acute. After a couple of weeks, a healthy complexion returns, the smell from the mouth disappears, as well as a specific smell of skin and hair. Man becomes energetic, stamina considerably increases. Among other things, concentration and memory improve.

Methods of fighting smoking in the world

The fight for people's health is happening all over the world. The World Health Organization widely supports the International Day of Quitting. November in many countries is the starting point in the "health marathon" of activities aimed at supporting all comers to end smoking. In 140 countries around the world have already adopted a number of laws restricting the use of nicotine. In America, in some firms, recruitment for smokers has been closed, a ban on the production of particularly strong cigarettes, as well as cigarettes without a filter, has been introduced. And in Singapore, for example, there are "non-smoking" quarters. Still, the main measures to combat smoking were and still are the increase in the price of cigarettes and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle.