“When the advantages of cigarettes no longer outweigh their disadvantages. A kind of tipping point is set up, patients then ask themselves the question of stopping. Often, it is health problems who convince them and possibly the financial cost tobacco”.
Substitutes reimbursed at 100%
For two years, nicotine substitutes prescribed by a health professional are fully covered by social security mutuals.
“Chewing gum, patches are supports which act in addition to the will. Because it is what conditions the success in the first place”, points out Fanny Cailloce, the nurse of the addictology department of the hospital Louis Pasteur.
Why is quitting smoking so hard?
“The nicotine in cigarettes is what makes you addicted. The younger you smoke, the more complicated it becomes to quit. The tobacco-free month is a good way to quit smoking. It is aimed at smokers who do not have too much difficulty quitting like young people. The others must sometimes approach a specialist because the dependence is too strong to drop out thanks to his will alone, as important as it is “.
Tobacco-free month: the Louis-Pasteur hospital in Coudray takes action
Be followed by a professional
Sandrine Brunet, 46, has already tried several times to stop smoking cigarettes but has not succeeded. “It’s complicated when we launch ourselves into this challenge. When a desire arises, we have no one to talk to,” laments the 46-year-old mother.
It is to perform regular points and talk about her concerns that Sandrine Brunet has made an appointment with one of the tobacco specialists from the addictology service advised by the nurses.
How to avoid gaining pounds?
Within the specialized service, a psychologist provides consultations as well as a dietitian. When quitting smoking, 80% of people gain three kilograms. “By smoking, we assimilate less well the sugars and fats so when the tobacco disappears, its effects too”, details Fanny Cailloce.
What attitude should someone close to a smoker adopt?
“Above all, not put them under pressure, because it is stress that triggers the urge to smoke, so we start a vicious circle. Friends or family should be patient, wait until the smoker is receptive, that he decides himself to quit. After, it is necessary accompany him and support him in the event of difficulties.“
Meetings in Eure-et-Loir.
– The youth area of the Pupils of public education 28 de Voves welcomes Wednesday November 17, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., an info / intox game.
– Thursday November 18, it will be at the Becel room in Nogent-le-Roi, from 6 to 8 p.m.
– In Chartres, every Tuesday and Friday of the month, nurses from the Multipurpose Health Center are available to meet with you in order to offer you personalized follow-up. Free and without appointment, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
– The multidisciplinary health center organizes permanence at the solidarity grocery store the Isidore market, Thursday, November 18, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesday 23, from 8:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. 15, as well as at the Mother and Infant House on Thursday 25, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Aurélie Chupin
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