What to do to help relatives quit smoking?

Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 toxic chemicals that are dangerous not only to the smoker but also to those who inhale them, but most people are unaware of the dangers. If you have a loved one who is addicted tocigarette, help them quickly stay away from this "evil spirit" of health. So how to help relatives quit smoking?

You should regularly monitor and support addicts by: preventing them when they intend to return to cigarettes. Illustration photo

First of all, analyze the harmful effects for the smoker to understand and resolutely quit. Accordingly, cigarettes reduce life expectancy, cause erectile dysfunction... Some other factors such as causing harm to others by smokingcigarette, especially for young children.

Quitting smoking is not easy because nicotine is a highly addictive substance. Smokers become physically and mentally dependent on nicotine, making it very difficult to quit. Therefore, you should advise your loved ones to follow these 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 exposed to secondhand smoke. According to research, cigarette smoke has caused thousands of deaths from secondhand smoke through lung cancer and cardiovascular disease.

- Smokers are also a financial burden to their families - an average smoker spends about 5 million VND per 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 an effective way to quit drugs for yourself.

- Remember, if you successfully quit smoking, there will be many benefits: better health for yourself and those around you; ensure your own aesthetics such as teeth will not be yellow, your body will smell better; have more money to use for other things...

In addition, to help your loved one 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./.