Antismoking unit
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The facts and figures | |
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Tobacco addiction is a definite cause of cancer as well as cardiac, vascular and chronic lung disease. Hence governments and health organisations continue to step up their effort every year in an attempt to eradicate the problem. Every year, more than 50,000 people lose their lives prematurely in Spain as a result of tobacco smoking. Tobacco is an established cause of 10 different types of cancer; 90% of cases of chronic bronchitis; 95% of lung cancer and 30% of coronary heart conditions. In addition to this, it produces cancer of the oesophagus; cancer of the bladder, of the larynx and mouth. Among every 1,000 deaths in Spain, 151 are linked to tobacco. Tobacco smoking is also harmful for those in our midst who are thus obliged to become passive smokers themselves. | |
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The healthiest decision a smoker can make is to give it up once and for all thereby reducing risks associated with tobacco such as: high blood pressure; risk of cancerous disease of the heart, respiratory system and osteoporosis. Giving up smoking will improve the oxygenation of the blood and its circulation. It will reduce all kinds of respiratory symptoms such as coughing, expectoration (ridding the throat and lungs of phlegm); dyspnoea or difficult breathing. |
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Improve the quality of your sleep and breathing capacity. It is an all important achievement which will raise your self-esteem in so far as you will have taken charge of this aspect of your life. It will bring about an aesthetic improvement to your skin condition, to the smell of your body, your hair and your breath. Staining to your teeth, fingers and the smell of smoke on your clothes, in your home and car; all of these will disappear. As far as your finances are concerned, you will be able to save money. Simply work out the cost of smoking per annum. On the social front, it will set a good example to your children and family and will have a considerable impact in terms of creating a healthier family and working environment | |
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Our treatment | |
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The Policlinica Alen method of helping you to stop smoking consists firstly of familiarising ourselves with every individual patient’s personal profile as a smoker and thereafter of acting upon both the physical and psychological determining factors. Once an initial check-up of both heart and lungs has been carried out, we then move on to applying individual techniques as part of the treatment. These involve a whole series of treatments relative to the symptoms of tobacco addiction such as dependency; conducting cognitive techniques are used, pharmacological treatment (substitutive therapy involving nicotine, bupropion and other drugs which have shown scientific evidence of their effectiveness), health education and monitoring of biological parameters. In cases where it is necessary, we refer to psychological support in order to assure complete success. | |
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The different motivating forces which would make you quit smoking: |
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Our treatment consists of four phases: 1- Thorough and informative consultation which is free of charge. |
