Introduction
Smoking cessation refers to the process of discontinuing smoking of tobacco. Though Smoking cessation normally seems to be a very simple process, in real sense it is one of the most challenging processes bearing in mind that tobacco contains a high level of nicotine and is very addictive hence making the process of quitting not only difficult but also prolonged. Though many people have tried to abandon smoking completely, it is disturbing to note that it is only a few who have successfully abandoned this habit. Smoking is too easy to start but a great challenge to leave this behavior and that why is people have to be very careful before undertaking it. There are so many problems that are associated with smoking tobacco. These …show more content…
Furthermore, tobacco smoking is a great danger to the patients suffering from asthma. To patients suffering from asthma, smoking of tobacco may either trigger an attack or even make an attack too worse to be controlled. According to American Psychological Association (2009), smoking of cigarettes is the leading cause of preventable diseases in the United States. In the US alone, smoking of tobacco causes an estimate of more than 480, 000 deaths annually; this means that in every five deaths one is as a result of tobacco smoking (American Psychological Association, 2009). It is clear that the smoking of tobacco causes more deaths in the United States than the deaths causes by the combination of illegal use of drugs, use of alcohol, HIV/AIDs, accidents from motor vehicles and Firearm-related instances. More than 10 times more citizens of US have died prematurely as a result of smoking of cigarette than the number of people that have died in wars in the different wars that have ever been fought in US in history. More than 90% of the deaths caused by lung cancer in the US are as a result of smoking of cigarette. Several reports on the causes of deaths in the US have also continued to show that lung cancer is causing more deaths among women when …show more content…
This type of medication is not used in isolation rather it is used along with other behavioral approaches. The approach has also been used for treatment of ulcerative colitis. The combination of different types of NRT has been known to increase its effectiveness. Most of the common side effects of NRT are dependent on the nicotine formulation. In addition to this, some of the most common side effects of this approach include nausea, irritation of the mouth, hiccups, irritation of the skin. On the other hand, this method is only required to be used when most or almost all other approaches to smoking cessation have failed because it may lead to such serious problems like continued addition as well as nicotine poisoning.
Smoking Cessation Interventions for Youth in
Smoking cessation refers to the process of discontinuing smoking of tobacco. Though Smoking cessation normally seems to be a very simple process, in real sense it is one of the most challenging processes bearing in mind that tobacco contains a high level of nicotine and is very addictive hence making the process of quitting not only difficult but also prolonged. Though many people have tried to abandon smoking completely, it is disturbing to note that it is only a few who have successfully abandoned this habit. Smoking is too easy to start but a great challenge to leave this behavior and that why is people have to be very careful before undertaking it. There are so many problems that are associated with smoking tobacco. These …show more content…
Furthermore, tobacco smoking is a great danger to the patients suffering from asthma. To patients suffering from asthma, smoking of tobacco may either trigger an attack or even make an attack too worse to be controlled. According to American Psychological Association (2009), smoking of cigarettes is the leading cause of preventable diseases in the United States. In the US alone, smoking of tobacco causes an estimate of more than 480, 000 deaths annually; this means that in every five deaths one is as a result of tobacco smoking (American Psychological Association, 2009). It is clear that the smoking of tobacco causes more deaths in the United States than the deaths causes by the combination of illegal use of drugs, use of alcohol, HIV/AIDs, accidents from motor vehicles and Firearm-related instances. More than 10 times more citizens of US have died prematurely as a result of smoking of cigarette than the number of people that have died in wars in the different wars that have ever been fought in US in history. More than 90% of the deaths caused by lung cancer in the US are as a result of smoking of cigarette. Several reports on the causes of deaths in the US have also continued to show that lung cancer is causing more deaths among women when …show more content…
This type of medication is not used in isolation rather it is used along with other behavioral approaches. The approach has also been used for treatment of ulcerative colitis. The combination of different types of NRT has been known to increase its effectiveness. Most of the common side effects of NRT are dependent on the nicotine formulation. In addition to this, some of the most common side effects of this approach include nausea, irritation of the mouth, hiccups, irritation of the skin. On the other hand, this method is only required to be used when most or almost all other approaches to smoking cessation have failed because it may lead to such serious problems like continued addition as well as nicotine poisoning.
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