"Stop smoking" folder: Quit smoking in the best conditions
Stop a week, a month, a year, then resume: that's what you want to avoid. What you need is a firm and definitive stop. Your fight against tobacco, you be ready to make it your priority.
When to stop?
Emergency case: you are pregnant. In this case, no time to procrastinate, it's time to put your packets of cigarettes in the closet! During a pregnancy, tobacco can cause a lack of oxygenation for the future baby, miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, premature births, etc. It is even advisable to make a cross on the cigarette before trying to design your piece of cabbage! Without tobacco, you will be more likely to get pregnant.
No baby on the horizon? This is not a reason to postpone the fateful date without stopping! Avoid choosing a period of intense stress (depression, unemployment, bereavement, etc.) to get rid of the cigarette, you could dive back quickly. Enjoy a fresh start (moving, new job, etc.) to focus on something other than tobacco. Get help from a specialist and those around you, so as not to lose the invaluable motivation of the beginnings!
Reduce your consumption of cigarettes?
Did you think that was enough, at least initially? Well no ! The specialists are unanimous: nothing serves to diminish, we must stop. Indeed, the benefits on your health are not proven, in case of reduction. Going from twenty cigarettes to ten will not help you to go "better".
How to stop?
Many methods can help you stop smoking. Nicotine patches and gums, tobacco-free cigarettes, acupuncture, behavioral psychotherapy, homeopathy, hypnosis, etc. To find out which method is best for you and if you need to stop smoking brutally or gradually, do not hesitate to consult a tobaccologist. He will know better than anybody to advise you the best "treatments", for better results. Do not take the thing lightly, put the odds on your side! Tobacco, you will get rid of it!
Tobacco Info Service : 0 825 309 310. Cost of a local call from a landline - 7d / 7, 8am - 8pm.
