The Benefits of Quitting Smoking

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Family Physician, discusses the benefits of quitting smoking.

Family Physician, discusses the benefits of quitting smoking.

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Dr. Milan Khara, MBChB, CCFP, ABAM

Duration: 1 minute, 51 seconds

Patients often believe that it's too late for them to derive benefit from quitting smoking, and the reality is it that it's actually never too late and there's almost immediate benefit from quitting smoking.

So for example within eight hours of the last cigarette, your blood levels of carbon monoxide - which is a gas that you really don't want in your system - are beginning to drop. So your cardiovascular risk, your risk of having a heart attack or a stroke, is beginning to drop within just a few hours of the last cigarette.

We also know that by one year of being quit your excess risk of having a heart attack or stroke is now halved compared to those who continue to smoke. We know by five to fifteen years of being quit that your risk of having a stroke has now become that of a non-smoker.

So these benefits are both immediate and they're also in the longer term, so it's never too late to quit and we really want to encourage our patients to make quit attempts any time that they're ready to do that.

Well whenever you quit you're going to gain benefit in terms of life gain. Even if you quit at the age of 65 you will get back years of life on average. We know that quitting smoking leads to both immediate and longer-term benefits, but we also know that the sooner you quit the greater that those benefits are going to be.

So we want people who smoke to think about making those quit attempts at the earliest possible opportunity, and to lean on some of the supports, both pharamacological and non-pharamacological, that are out there to help them to quit successfully.

For those who want to quit there's a variety of supports out there. So speaking to a pharmacist, or a family doctor, or a practiced nurse is a very good place to start. And what we really want to see those who make quit attempts do is lean on the smoking cessation medications and the kind of counseling support that can be accessed out there.

French Translation:

Dr. Milan Khara, MBChB, CCMF, Mariam

Durée: 1 minute, 51 secondes

Les patients croient souvent qu'il est trop tard pour eux de tirer profit de cesser de fumer, et la réalité est-ce que c'est en fait jamais trop tard et il ya presque immédiatement des avantages de quitter Je fume.

Donc par exemple, dans les huit heures de la dernière cigarette, vos taux sanguins de monoxyde de carbone-qui est un gaz que vous ne voulez vraiment pas dans votre système-commencent à baisser. Ainsi, votre risque cardiovasculaire, votre risque d'avoir une crise cardiaque ou un AVC, commence à baisser en seulement quelques heures de la dernière cigarette.

Nous savons aussi que par un an d'être quitter votre risque excessif d'avoir une crise cardiaque ou d'AVC est maintenant réduit de moitié par rapport à ceux qui continuent à fumer. Nous savons par cinq à quinze ans d'être quitté que votre risque d'avoir un AVC est maintenant devenu celui d'un non-fumeur.

Donc, ces avantages sont à la fois immédiate et ils sont aussi à long terme, il n'est donc jamais trop tard pour cesser de fumer et nous voulons vraiment encourager nos patients à faire des tentatives de cesser de fumer tout moment qu'ils sont prêts à faire ça.

Eh bien chaque fois que vous quittez, vous allez gagner des avantages en termes de gain de vie. Même si vous quittez à l'âge de 65, vous obtiendrez des années de vie en moyenne. Nous savons que cesser de fumer entraîne des avantages à la fois immédiats et à long terme, mais nous savons aussi que plus tôt vous quitterez le plus grand que ces avantages vont be.

Donc, nous voulons que les gens qui fument à penser à faire ces tentatives de cesser de fumer à la première occasion possible, et de se pencher sur certains des soutiens, à la fois pharamacological et non-pharamacological, qui sont là pour les aider à cesser de fumer avec succès.

Pour ceux qui veulent quitter il ya une variété de soutiens là-bas. Donc parler à un pharmacien, ou un médecin de famille, ou une infirmière pratiquée est un très bon endroit pour commencer. Et ce que nous voulons vraiment voir ceux qui font des tentatives de renoncement à faire est de s'appuyer sur les médicaments de renoncement au tabagisme et le genre de soutien de Conseil qui peut être consulté là-bas.

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Quiz: Do You Understand Smoking Cessation?

Questions
 
True
False
1

Smoking is solely a physical addiction.

Explanation:

Smoking is both a physical and a psychological addiction, and many people use it to cope with stress, depression or anger.

2

Your body goes through withdrawal symptoms when you quit smoking.

Explanation:

When you remove the nicotine fix, your body begins to experience withdrawal symptoms and cravings.

3

You don't need a prescription for all types of smoking cessation aids.

Explanation:

Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products can be helpful. These are non-prescription medications that contain nicotine to reduce withdrawal symptoms.

4

Prescription drugs can help with cravings but not withdrawal symptoms.

Explanation:

Prescription drugs can help you manage cravings and withdrawal symptoms.

5

Smoking is an appetite suppressant.

Explanation:

Many people who quit smoking gain weight. Smoking is an appetite suppressant, so it’s important to be mindful of your eating habits while you’re quitting smoking.

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