Independent experts appointed by the US government and responsible for public health prevention, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), analyzed the impact on smoking cessation of different methods to understand which were working in earnest.
The findings of this study revealed that the best way to quit smoking is through behavioral therapy accompanied by counseling, such as telephone consultations, self-support methods, and the use of medication ( nicotine substitution, Bupropion and Varenicline).
Good reasons to quit smoking
In France, the figures are alarming. Tobacco consumption, which had decreased from the 1970s, has increased again since 2005, particularly among women and in the underprivileged classes, reaching nearly 34% of adults according to the National Institute for Sanitary Surveillance. . Cigarettes kill 200 times a day in France and lose between 10 and 15 years of life for each smoker. Tobacco kills 6 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Not to mention the effects of passive smoking.
The dangers of passive smoking
The World Health Organization also recalls that passive smoking is responsible for more than 600,000 deaths per year in the world, that is to say one in 100 deaths. And if we take into account only the deaths caused by tobacco, the passive smoking is responsible for one in 10 deaths. Exposure to second-hand smoke is responsible each year for 379,000 deaths from ischemic heart disease, 165,000 deaths from respiratory infections, 36,900 deaths from asthma and 21,400 lung cancer deaths. Passive smoking also increases the risk of developing breast cancer by 10%, according to the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm).
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