The expert spoke about ways to ease the first days of quitting smoking.
The first days after quitting smoking are the most difficult, but qualified psychological help, support from loved ones and an active lifestyle will help overcome the barrier. Vyacheslav Ovechkin, a pulmonologist, told Izvestia about this on May 27.
According to the expert, there are no universal ways to quit smoking, it all depends on the person and his desire to give up the bad habit.
"It is really possible to quit smoking abruptly if a person is psychologically ready to quit. If a person is not psychologically ready to completely give up nicotine right away, then a planned, gradual withdrawal is suitable," the expert added.
There are two main groups of drugs: nicotine substitutes and nicotine receptor antagonists. The former help to get rid of addiction by reducing the dose, the latter cause negative reactions in the body when using any type of nicotine.
The success of treatment, according to the specialist, depends on the patient's commitment to therapy: how ready he is to use a specific drug (patch, pills or spray) in conditions when he wants to smoke. It is also important to choose the right dose of the drug based on the number of cigarettes a person smokes per day, the length of the bad habit and the strength of cigarettes.
"Vapes with low nicotine content switch addiction. A person can quit smoking, <...> nicotine addiction will be stopped, but they form another psychological dependence — directly from vaping," the doctor warned.
In addition, the specialist advised to find a useful substitute habit, since breakdowns mainly occur due to stress and low motivation.
Earlier, on April 17, immunologist, Candidate of medical Sciences Nikolay Kryuchkov said that smoking vapes provokes coughing and causes a feeling of lack of air. He also noted that vapes and e-cigarettes also cause irreparable harm to health and shorten life.
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