There is no such thing as a quick way to quit smoking, but patients can be helped to quit smoking through smoking cessation counseling, medication, and alternative treatments.
1. Counseling to quit smoking: Usually through the advice of clinicians and the supervision of family members, patients can realize the harm of smoking.
2. Medications: Currently approved medications for smoking cessation include Varenicline, nicotine patches, and nicotine chewable gum, etc. Appropriate use of these medications can achieve good results.
3. Alternative treatment: The nicotine and tar in cigarettes can stimulate the body’s dopamine secretion, leading to addiction. And caffeine has the same effect, so in the quit smoking period can be appropriate to drink tea, coffee, part of the addictive alternative to cigarettes, to achieve the purpose of quitting smoking.
Smoking is harmful to health and any dose of smoking is damaging to the body, so it is recommended to mobilize all feasible methods to quit smoking as early as possible for maximum health benefits.