Helping loved ones quit smoking: Starting with understanding and companionship
Cigarette smoke not only destroys the lungs but also eats away at family relationships. Quitting smoking is never easy, but when you have a loved one who understands, is patient and accompanies you, the journey becomes less arduous.
Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 toxic chemicals that are not only dangerous for the smoker but also for those who inhale it. However, most people are not aware of the level of danger. If you have a relative who is addicted to tobacco, help them quickly stay away from this "evil spirit" of health. So how to help a relative quit smoking?
First of all, analyze the harmful effects for the addict and help him/her to quit. Accordingly, smoking reduces life expectancy, causes impotence, etc. Other factors include causing harm to others by smoking, especially to children.
Quitting smoking is not easy because nicotine is a highly addictive substance. Smokers will depend on nicotine both physically and mentally, making it very difficult to quit. Therefore, you should advise your loved ones to follow the following steps to quit smoking:
- Regularly remind yourself to quit smoking by reviewing your doctor's warnings about the consequences of smoking. Every time you pick up a cigarette, look at pictures of the damage tobacco causes to your body to motivate you to quit.
- Every house should hang and post test results and statistics on the harmful effects of tobacco in the world.
- Meet drug addicts with heart disease, stroke or cancer; lung cancer patients to learn lessons for yourself.
- Always be aware that smoking also harms those around you who are passively exposed to secondhand smoke. According to research, cigarette smoke has caused the death of thousands of passive smokers through lung cancer and cardiovascular disease.
- Smokers are also a financial burden to their families - an average smoker spends about 5 million a year on smoking. Based on this reality, quit smoking to avoid affecting your family's finances.
- Regularly research books and newspapers and update information on the latest drug addiction treatment methods, thereby finding effective ways to quit drugs for yourself.
- Remember, if you successfully quit smoking, there will be many benefits: Better health for yourself and those around you; better aesthetics for yourself such as teeth will not be yellow, you will smell better; more money to spend on other things...
In addition, to help your loved ones quit smoking successfully, you should regularly monitor and support the addict by: Preventing them when they intend to return to smoking, advising and encouraging them to help them overcome their cravings./.
