Description of the problem
Nowadays, many people have unpleasant habits, one of which is smoking cigarettes. Encountering this habit in daily basis results to several health risks and social conflicts. Some of the health risks are cancer, Asthma, buerger’s disease, and heart diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2016). Moreover, according to CDC (2015), smoking cigarettes lead people to have less spent time with friends or family, having less money to spend on close people, to be not an ideal example for the one’s children. On the other hand, smoking triggers are numerous, but most importantly according to Jacobs whose work was funded by Mass. Department of Public Health (1997), smoking cigarettes can result from disparate …show more content…
Some strategies may work for some people but not for others. Therefore, the best method differs from one person to another. Some of these methods are using alternatives, straightforward quitting, gradual quitting, and multiple strategies. When implementing one of the methods, family and friends should know about the quitting to support. In addition, places that remind the smoker to smoke should be avoid, such as friends who smoke, smoking areas, or if being alone triggers smoking, then avoid it as much as possible.
1- The alternative method is implemented by using nicotine gums or patches. These alternatives give the smoker the nicotine needed without smoking cigarettes. It works the best for most of the people, but it is not the best quit cigarettes because the smoker is still dependent on nicotine (Quit Smoking Community, 2015).
2- Straightforward quitting or what is called cold turkey is simply to not smoke cigarettes at all after the quitting decision. It is the hardest method and requires patience and strong desire to quit. Nevertheless, it is the best way to eliminate nicotine from the blood. What makes it hard to implement is that the smoker will suffer from withdrawal nicotine symptoms. However, according to Quit Smoking Community (2015), more than eight people out of ten quit cigarettes by this
Nowadays, many people have unpleasant habits, one of which is smoking cigarettes. Encountering this habit in daily basis results to several health risks and social conflicts. Some of the health risks are cancer, Asthma, buerger’s disease, and heart diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2016). Moreover, according to CDC (2015), smoking cigarettes lead people to have less spent time with friends or family, having less money to spend on close people, to be not an ideal example for the one’s children. On the other hand, smoking triggers are numerous, but most importantly according to Jacobs whose work was funded by Mass. Department of Public Health (1997), smoking cigarettes can result from disparate …show more content…
Some strategies may work for some people but not for others. Therefore, the best method differs from one person to another. Some of these methods are using alternatives, straightforward quitting, gradual quitting, and multiple strategies. When implementing one of the methods, family and friends should know about the quitting to support. In addition, places that remind the smoker to smoke should be avoid, such as friends who smoke, smoking areas, or if being alone triggers smoking, then avoid it as much as possible.
1- The alternative method is implemented by using nicotine gums or patches. These alternatives give the smoker the nicotine needed without smoking cigarettes. It works the best for most of the people, but it is not the best quit cigarettes because the smoker is still dependent on nicotine (Quit Smoking Community, 2015).
2- Straightforward quitting or what is called cold turkey is simply to not smoke cigarettes at all after the quitting decision. It is the hardest method and requires patience and strong desire to quit. Nevertheless, it is the best way to eliminate nicotine from the blood. What makes it hard to implement is that the smoker will suffer from withdrawal nicotine symptoms. However, according to Quit Smoking Community (2015), more than eight people out of ten quit cigarettes by this