If a doctor were to talk about smoking, it would be in six words: “Smoking is bad for your health”. But there are still about 47% of men and 12% of women who smoke, and 80,000 to 100,000 young people become long-term smokers every day, and by 2025, the number of smokers worldwide will reach 1.6 billion. The number of smokers in China is over 300 million, with a smoking rate of 28.1% among people over 15 years old, including a 52.9% rate among men. The proportion of non-smokers exposed to secondhand smoke is 72.4%. Each year, about 4 million people die from diseases caused by tobacco products. Even though more and more people are considering quitting smoking, they are unable to completely get rid of the euphoria brought by tobacco and endure the intense anxiety and anxiety brought by quitting. Some people say: it’s good to quit smoking, but it’s hard to quit loneliness …… Quit Smoking Mr. H’s Road to Quit Smoking The feeling of having your body and mind hollowed out Mr. H mixed with his painter cousin for two months during the summer vacation of his senior year of high school, and thought that his cousin was very cool and attractive in smoking. So he was encouraged by his cousin to start his first puff. That smoke from the mouth to the lungs, and finally out of the nasal cavity to complete the cycle of the feeling of drifting, away from the hustle and bustle of the world, so Mr. H became a young smoker. As time went on, he sank deeper and deeper into tobacco. Several years later he started coughing, and sometimes he couldn’t sleep all night because of it. Only then did he realize that smoking was such a terrible thing. He had to start the difficult road of quitting smoking. Quitting smoking is easier said than done. Mr. H has tried e-cigarettes, nicotine patches, smoking cessation drugs, smoking cessation candy, smoking cessation perfume, smoking cessation ashtrays, sugar mixed with white radish, acupuncture, ear patches, and snacks. But always quit smoking, smoking to quit. Every time I quit smoking, it was like a battle, a daily battle with my body and my mind, and my body and mind often felt hollowed out. And because he unconsciously stuffed his mouth so much that he ate too much, Mr. H began to put on weight and become drowsy. This is almost a reflection of the smoking cessation of more than 80% of smokers. Is quitting smoking an easy thing to do? The truth is that quitting smoking is really not an easy thing to do. There are various methods of quitting smoking that are completely ineffective, and some that have only a 3-5% success rate. So how should you quit smoking? 1, should know if you already have a smoking addiction, quitting smoking is definitely not impossible. Single treatment methods are not effective, but comprehensive smoking cessation methods including drugs, acupuncture, psychology, nutrition, and exercise will be effective as long as you can stick to them. There are three main types of smoking cessation medications commonly used in smoking cessation clinics, one is nicotine replacement therapy, including patches, sublingual tablets, chewable preparations similar to chewing gum, and inhalers and nasal sprays. To reduce the patient’s urge to smoke, while reducing withdrawal symptoms, so that patients gradually get rid of tobacco dependence. 2, varenicline tartrate tablets, which is a special drug for smoking cessation. It can relieve the patient’s craving for nicotine and withdrawal symptoms, and at the same time reduce the patient’s pleasure when smoking, thus reducing the patient’s expectation of smoking and reducing the possibility of smoking again. 3. Bupropion hydrochloride extended-release tablets, an antidepressant that increases DA and NE levels in the brain by inhibiting the reuptake of dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE) in the brain, thereby eliminating cravings for smoking and relieving withdrawal symptoms. In addition to medications, acupuncture can also help with smoking cessation. The most commonly used acupuncture point for quitting smoking is On the midpoint between the Lieji point and Yangxi point, smokers have obvious pain when pressing and pinching this point. If you often press and pinch this point by yourself, especially when smoking addiction strikes, pressing and pinching hard has a significant inhibiting effect. Nei Guan, Bai Hui, Yin Tang, Shen Men points can be relieved of anxiety and irritability caused by quitting smoking; Hegu point can change the sense of taste, so that smokers find that smoking does not taste like smoke, there is a sense of bitterness and bitterness in the mouth, do not want to smoke; Li Gu point, ear point lung, mouth, micro, spleen paste, can also inhibit the desire to smoke. What harm can smoking cause? Health education is also an essential part of smoking cessation: smoking cessation instructors should help smokers fully understand that smoking leads to an increase in intravascular thrombosis, making coronary heart disease, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease significantly higher in smokers than in nonsmokers; smoking also reduces the immunity of the whistle and lungs, increasing the inflammatory response and causing various lung infections and even lung cancer to occur; smoking also directly damages the whistle The lungs of smokers are often darkened and lose elasticity, with long-term chronic pharyngitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and reduced lung function. Smoking can cause excessive secretion of stomach acid, leading to gastroduodenal ulcers, etc.; smoking women can cause menstrual disorders, difficulties in conception, ectopic pregnancy, low estrogen, osteoporosis, and early menopause; pictures, videos, recordings of smokers coughing, and models of smokers’ lungs are more effective means than words. Many quitters have seen the smoker’s blackened lungs and quit smoking. The determination of the smoker to quit is a crucial factor in quitting. Throw away all cigarettes, lighters, and ashtrays; do not go to places where you habitually smoke; resolutely refuse the lure of cigarettes, and remind yourself often that one puff of smoke can undo your previous work. Physical exercise can promote smoking cessation, the United Kingdom surveyed 285 outstanding athletes, found that only 16% of people smoke, of which less than 4% exceed 10 cigarettes a day. In the early 1990s, an epidemiological survey in the United States showed that only 15% of the 5,000 people who regularly participated in running smoked. After the smokers participated in running, about 80% of them quit smoking. As the time of exercise lengthens, the percentage of quitting smoking keeps increasing. Finally, it is also very important to quit mind addiction. This consists of three parts psychoanalysis, cognitive change and behavioral training. From a cognitive perspective the mentor works with the quitter to analyze the cause-and-effect relationship of the smoking behavior, understanding what causes the smoker to smoke and not be able to quit, and the thoughts and emotions that correspond to it. The mentor helps the quitter understand the adverse effects of quitting, where they come from, and learn to cope with the discomfort of quitting. Mentors help quitters counteract thoughts of smoking with healthy thoughts. Many smokers believe that smoking brings inspiration, relieves anxiety, and improves mood. But it is possible to find other sources of inspiration. Quitters should also keep a quit journal to record daily changes in their behavior, mood, and cognition. Reward yourself for the growth you have achieved. From a behavioral perspective mentors should teach quitters to improve their anxiety and reduce their dependence on tobacco through abdominal whistling, progressive muscle relaxation, and self-hypnosis. For smokers whose addiction may be related to their own personality mostly related to the unsatisfied oral period, the mentor should explore with him deeper issues such as early relationships and trauma, and work with him to discover himself and reconstruct himself and his relationship with the world to address his inner need for tobacco at the root.