If you smoke, quitting smoking is the most important step you can take to protect your lungs. It is NEVER too late to quit. Your doctor can help you decide which smoking cessation method will work best for you.

Why should I quit?

• You’ve probably heard how smoking can be harmful. Here’s some ways quitting can be helpful. If you quit, you will:
• Prolong your life
• Improve your health (Smoking increases your risk of lung cancer, throat cancer, emphysema, heart disease, high blood pressure, ulcers, gum disease and other conditions.)
• Feel healthier (Smoking can cause coughing, poor athletic ability and sore throats.)
• Look better (Smoking can cause face wrinkles, stained teeth and dull skin.)
• Improve your sense of taste and smell
• Save money 

OUR SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM

Studies show that smokers assisted by a health care provider have a greater chance of quitting smoking. We created this program to help SMOKERS TO KICK the HABIT.

Come in for personal counseling with OUR SPECIALIST to help you quit smoking.
Our program includes:*

• 1-on-1 consultation with OUR SPECIALIST,
• a nicotine dependence assessment
• Individualised smoking cessation plan and education based on your needs
  and goals
• Ongoing coaching and support in your efforts to quit smoking
• Nicotine-replacement recommendations or prescriptions
  written when clinically appropriate

Facts about quitting

• Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and
  death worldwide.
• On average, adults who smoke cigarettes die 14 years earlier than nonsmokers.

What happens when you quit?

• After 20 minutes
• You stop polluting the air
• Your blood pressure and pulse decrease
• The temperature of your hands and feet increases
• After 8 hours
• The carbon monoxide level in your blood returns to normal
• Oxygen levels in your blood increase
• After 24 hours
• Your chance of heart attack decreases
• After 48 hours
• Nerve endings adjust to the absence of nicotine
• Your ability to taste and smell begin to return
• After 72 hours
• Bronchial tubes relax
• After 2 weeks to 3 months
• Your circulation improves
• Your exercise tolerance improves
• After 1-9 months
• Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue and shortness of breath decrease
• Cilia re-grow, increasing the ability of the lungs to handle mucus, clean the lungs and reduce infection
• Your overall energy level increases
• After 1 year
• Your risk of heart disease decreases to half that of a current smoker
• After 5 years
• Your risk of stroke is reduced to that of people who have never smoked
• After 10 years
• Risk of dying from lung cancer drops to almost the same rate as a lifelong NON-smoker
• The incidence of other cancers – of the mouth, larynx, oesophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas – decreases

Dr.Mohit Garg,
Specialist Pulmonologist,
Thumbay Hospital Daycare, Rolla

For appointments contact us through

Phone: +971 6 5440555
Email: thdaycare.shj@thumbayhospital.ae
Online: www.appointments.thumbay.net
Location: Thumbay Hospital Daycare, Sharjah (Rolla), Opposite to Rolla Mall, Sharjah United Arab Emirat