Ramadan is an opportunity to quit smoking … and sudden stop is more effective than gradient

Ramadan is an annual station to reset the rhythm of life, as it is a golden opportunity to get rid of harmful habits, and talk here about smoking; After the long hours of fasting, smokers find themselves in front of a real test after breakfast, and a number of them are betting on this holy month to be a real turning point towards smoke -free life and the beginning of a journey towards freedom from the grip of nicotine and inhalation of air pure and resting the body from the harmful substances contained in the cigarette.

Quitting smoking is not just an instant decision; It is the beginning of a new, more healthy and healthy life. The overcoming of nicotine addiction requires a solid will, so the cigarette can be replaced by healthy habits; Such as drinking water in abundance and exercising, and preoccupation with worship that helps to refine the soul and strengthen the determination. It is also possible to use a medical association and use the “patch” to compensate for nicotine doses.

And if Ramadan is an opportunity to take off, then what beyond it is the real test to continue resilience and continue the journey without returning to the cigarette, while avoiding stimuli that may stimulate oud cases again to addiction and search for health alternatives.

Compound

Dr. Al -Tayeb Humaidi, a doctor and researcher in health policies and systems, said that smoking is a triple addiction that combines what is physical as the cells of the body get used to nicotine, and between what is psychological, as the smoker connects this habit with moments of tension, meeting friends, feeling temporary euphoria, behavioral addiction, which is the habit of holding the hand to the cigarette, igniting it, puffing smoke and dropping the ashes.

Humaidi highlighted, in a statement to the electronic newspaper Hespress, that talking about quitting smoking is not limited to only nicotine that can be avoided by placing the “patch”; But taking into account the psychological and behavioral sides.

The doctor and researcher on policies and health systems added that studies indicate that quitting smoking generally requires between 5 to 7 attempts before achieving the final success, noting that 80 percent of those wishing to stop the cigarette return to smoking after one month; While 85 percent can leave smoking after they stopped for a year to drink cigarettes, highlighting that failure is the first step to succeed and quit smoking permanently.

Golden opportunity

Al -Tayyib Humaidi mentioned that quitting smoking is not an easy decision; But it becomes more realistic during Ramadan, as the fasting person refrains from eating and drinking for long hours, creating an ideal environment to break the gradual addiction ring.

In this regard, the doctor himself recorded fasting reduces the urgent desire to smoke, especially as the body begins to get rid of stored toxins; What gives the smoker a golden opportunity to leave this bad habit.

The speaker warned of some dangerous habits adopted by smokers at night by inhaling the cigarette smoke in a great depth to compensate for the lack of nicotine that occurs during the constipation period, stressing that this practice is dangerous and harmful and the failure of bad health repercussions.

The researcher in policies and health systems stressed that the month of Ramsan constitutes a golden and ideal opportunity; Given the length of the constipation hours, given that the holy month, with its spiritual and disciplinary structure, opens the door for smokers to be heroes in the battle to restore their health.

The doctor highlighted that this ability can be used for cutting with this bad habit, especially since 30 days after refraining from eating cigarettes, the intensity of addiction decreases significantly and the withdrawal symptoms become less effective, and that refraining from smoking for a month increases the chances of final boots by 5 times.

The efficacy of sudden takeoff

Al -Tayyib Humaidi stated that people who suddenly stop smoking succeed in taking off more compared to those who gradually do this by reducing the number of cigarettes per day, stating that the month of fasting is an occasion and a golden opportunity to control psychological and behavioral addiction and thus leave this bad habit, liking that this take off is accompanied by medical accompaniment.

The doctor warned of the danger of night smoking after breakfast, as some fasting people resort to consuming large quantities of cigarettes in a short time to compensate for the hours of refrain from nicotine during the day.

The spokesman explained that this habit increases the body saturation with nicotine and more than 4 thousand other toxic substances; This raises the risk of silent diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases and stroke, as well as smoking is one of the main factors of deadly cancer.