Everything is difficult right now, and that's especially true if you're trying to quit smoking because of COVID19, but here's why you should do it anyway.
even harder. But Drope said that the fear of contracting the novel coronavirus seems to be spurring more people to try to quit. “All of the anecdotal evidence from quit-lines and health systems suggests that the number of people trying to quit tobacco products is increasing, even markedly among some groups,” he said.
For his patients at Johns Hopkins, Galiatsatos recommends a 3-step game plan. “What I tell all my patients is, first of all, if you want to quit, that’s fantastic. But I really try to emphasize thinking through when and why you like to smoke.” Smoking provides a mental health benefit for many people, he said, and when they, they’re letting go of a mechanism they’ve relied on to help them cope — often for years.
The second step is to alert your health care provider that you’re quitting smoking. Some people want to quit on their own, and Galiatsatos doesn’t trivialize that. However, he also warns that “you’re working against a product that has seeped into the most subconscious parts of your brain and it will fire off your cravings to smoke.” For that reason, he suggests talking to your doctor about pharmacological agents that can help ease your cravings and symptoms of withdrawal.
The third step in the quit plan involves finding a support system — whether it’s a quit-line, a family member or friend, or a group — that holds no judgment and can check in with you regularly. “Quitting smoking is like a chronic disease and the way you manage it should be similar,” said Galiatsatos. “You’d get your blood pressure checked for hypertension or you’d test your blood [if you had diabetes]. You do that to see how you’re doing and to [identify] where your successes and struggles are.
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