Xi 'an welcomes comprehensive tobacco control

2018-11-08 China news network

Xi 'an, Nov. 8 (chinanews.com.cn) -- "smokers who want to get rid of their tobacco addiction must first have perseverance, and then achieve the effect of quitting by means of drug suppression and family members' encouragement." Xi 'an fifth hospital smoking cessation clinic director of the medical normal xiufeng 8 told reporters.

On November 1, the "measures on tobacco control in xi 'an" was officially implemented. Xi 'an saw the strictest "tobacco control order" and more indoor and public places became smoke-free areas. For smokers, self-control is the biggest problem. But how easy is it to quit? The reporter sees on the street, there is a lot of cigarette butt on the dustbin, everywhere can see "smokers" standing on the side of the road "take a puff". It is known that there are about 316 million smokers in China, and more than 1 million people die from tobacco each year.

According to fan, nicotine in tobacco is the main factor for smokers to become dependent. Quitters need to have strong willpower, and only with the encouragement of their relatives can they achieve the best effect of quitting. Meanwhile, the harmful chemicals in tobacco are one of the causes of various diseases in smokers.

"Smoking is harmful but not beneficial. I hope you 'smokers' will give up smoking as soon as possible." Shi zheng, a resident of xi 'an, told reporters that he used to be a "smoker". Due to the physical disease caused by smoking, I made up my mind to quit smoking.

In recent years, while carrying out comprehensive tobacco control, xi 'an also encourages qualified health and medical institutions to set up smoking cessation clinics to provide smoking cessation guidance and treatment for smokers. In 2015, the fifth hospital of xi 'an city opened a smoking cessation clinic, providing treatment for people who want to quit smoking by asking smokers about their smoking, assessing their willingness to quit, and developing reasonable quitting plans. There are also anti-smoking signs and pictures posted in hospital hallways, elevator doors and toilets to popularize the dangers of smoking.

"My father has been smoking for more than thirty years, and today he is taking him to the smoking clinic for consultation, hoping to help him quit smoking." Wang lixiang, a resident of xi 'an, said his father is now old and not in good health. Quitting smoking will not only help his father's health, but also prevent his family from smoking "second-hand smoke".

Jia qi, director of the division of non-disease treatment and tobacco control of the fifth hospital of xi 'an city, said that while the hospital offers drug inhibition treatment to quitters, it will also combine TCM acupuncture and other treatments to help quitters quit smoking. With the implementation of tobacco control regulations, more and more people are believed to choose to quit smoking, and hospitals will increase their outpatient Windows and train more professional doctors to provide better services for quitters, he said.