November is the famous month without tobacco. But this season 2 confinement is not the best ally to quit smoking, it is true. Still, it's a challenge and here are some essential tips to follow.
Ah the cigarette … She shares your good times as well as your bad times, but it's time to break up with her! And the ongoing #MoisSansTabac operation of Public Health France, in partnership with the Ministry of Solidarity and Health and Health Insurance is the perfect challenge to take up. According to Public Health France, in 2019, "Three in ten French people aged 18-75 reported smoking (30%) and a quarter smoked daily (24%). A significant drop is observed between 2018 and 2019 among women". Likewise, concerning the quantities consumed, "the average number of cigarettes smoked daily by regular smokers is 13.0 (14.0 for men and 11.9 for women), a continuous decline since 2010 (13.8 cigarettes) ", can we read on the site of the French Observatory of Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT). In times of no health crisis, it is not easy to stop smoking, but what to say during confinement? To help you resist as well as possible we asked Stéphanie LADEL, addictologist (specialist in addictions with or without substances) and member of the site les Experts (a first free directory, 100% digital, of all French and French-speaking women experts), of which aufeminin is a partner.
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This season 2 confinement, a more intense desire to smoke?
For Stéphanie Ladel, many people will have a strong desire to smoke. The causes ? "Stress, boredom, idleness, fear for the future, mourning … are part of many daily lives today, and can promote the search for appeasement, and for those concerned the desire to 'draw on a cigarette. Having the urge to quit smoking may also emerge from this period. ", explains the specialist. This confinement is, according to her, a moment of withdrawal at home, on oneself. "We have better the opportunity to 'see each other', regardless of the usual purring or whirlwind that created automatic actions that we did not question. There is also a collective and individual search for the best possible health capital. facing an impressive epidemic ", adds the addictologist.
3 essential tips to quit smoking
# 1 Don't try ways to quit again that haven't worked for you. The same causes produce the same effects, but your goal is to produce other effects than the last time. Be careful, having lasted "only one month" or "only six months" is not a failure, it is a success. The strategy you were using was good.
# 2 Get advice from a specialist, even just once. The first consultation upsets so many, so many clichés!
# 3 Do not dismiss out of hand the idea of getting help from patches or other nicotine substitutes. It is to be discussed. There is a lot to know about these devices before you get started, but you will be surprised how, well chosen and used, they can do so much for your health, efficiency and comfort during your life. smoking cessation.
Other recommendations can be found on the #MoisSansTabac platform for more in-depth coaching. Tabac-info-service also offers personalized and free support by telephone at 39 89.