Prevention of smoking. Effect of smoking on the body

Nicotine addiction is a problem that has plagued humanity for many decades. Recently, it is particularly acute, as the dissemination of information, including advertising, occurs at lightning speed, and successful marketing moves lead to hidden advertising of cigarettes in books, magazines and works of cinema.

What is tobacco smoking?

At first glance, this question may seem extremely trivial, because any average student can say that the term implies the regular use of products of the tobacco industry. However, if you think about this harmful habit has some features that make it unique and even more serious than any other.

Let us list some characteristics of this harmful habit, so common in modern humanity.

The myth of physical pleasure

First of all, it should be noted that smoking does not bring a person absolutely no pleasure. No smoker on the planet Earth will say that he really likes the taste or smell of cigarettes.

Even the fact that smoking provokes a sharp constriction of blood vessels and instantly stimulates the work of the brain can not be called enjoyment, because it is a shock to the body.

A few words about the pleasure of psychological

The overwhelming majority of smokers justify their weakness by getting satisfaction of a different kind. The wording in this case may differ, but all in the end comes down to a single aspect. Some people say that they smoke in order to kill time, others talk about suppressing stress, and others - to increase self-confidence. If you think about it, all these explanations can be reduced to the assertion of getting some psychological pleasure.

Since all smokers are well aware of how destructive the consequences of smoking cigarettes can be, each time the so-called stress reduction procedure provokes a really new shake for the body. Even if at a particular moment of time a person does not think about the harm of the actions being committed, in his memory there is already information, to which the subconscious actively appeals. Thus, even without realizing this, when smoking a person himself programs himself for stress.

What the medicine says

From the medical point of view, the harmfulness of such a seemingly harmless habit has long been proved: the obstruction of vessels, the stimulation of cancers, the weakening of the central nervous system, attacks of stenocardia, provocation of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are only the most obvious and often revealed consequences.

Spoiled teeth, suffering from the circulatory system, smokers' lungs, photos of which can be observed on most packets of tobacco products sold in the Russian Federation and Ukraine, Great Britain and other countries, this psychological tension only strengthens.

In addition, do not forget about the seemingly banal things: the unpleasant smell, which then worries the smokers who are in society, social condemnation, which sooner or later have to face. Even the elementary traces of tar on the fingers lead the body to emotional excitement. Thus, there can be no question of any psychological pleasure.

A clear awareness of the harmfulness

This topic has already been touched upon, but now it is worth paying special attention to it and considering it from a slightly different point of view. Every smoker is perfectly aware that the actions they are doing damage the body, but still does not abandon the harmful habit. Cancer and smoking are interrelated, according to the absolute majority of physicians, this relationship is constantly illustrated, but even realizing the danger, people still do not quit smoking. Moreover: the overwhelming majority of those who learn about the presence of lung cancer immediately reach the cigarette when they leave the room.

Thus, it can be said that even a perfect understanding of the addiction's addiction does not help at all in the fight against it. Perhaps the reason lies in the gradual harm. The problem is that the effect of smoking on the body can not be traced - it is so gradually deteriorating his condition. If narcotic or alcoholic dependence causes painful sensations at the termination of receptions, and as a whole very much affects appearance of the person smoking seems against their background absolutely harmless.

Origins of smoking

If you look at the history of the emergence of this "disease" of mankind, you can find out that the appearance of cigarettes we owe the Indians. They were the first to wrap tobacco leaves in straw or other light-grained materials. It should be noted that initially smoking was absolutely not a way to enjoy, as it is commonly believed in the modern world. First of all, smoking people pursued the goal of achieving a certain state. Tobacco smoking, as well as the use of cocaine tree products, was directly related to the ritual. The Americans also gave this action a completely different meaning, which has come down to our days.

The consequences of smoking cigarettes were not initially studied, so the first mechanical devices that appeared in the 1880s put production on the conveyor belt, after which the fashion for this product spread all over the world. In this case, it is necessary to talk about fashion, the prestige of this habit, which was cultivated in society. The situation reached the point that smoking was recommended for medical purposes. Most often, such advice was given by neuropathologists and psychoanalysts.

Preventing tobacco smoking before the beginning of the twentieth century seemed to humanity a completely useless, unnecessary waste of time. In addition, the negative impact of the use of this product on the body was not yet exactly proven.

Fashion for cigarettes

If initially the use of nicotine products was the prerogative of the male half of the world population, then, beginning in the 1920s, this habit began to spread among women. It was from this period that smoking began to spread at an astonishing rate across the globe. It is noteworthy that the distribution was given to cigarettes, not cigars or smoking pipes, which occupied leading positions earlier. The pipe was considered a sign of aristocracy, but so easily gave its position to tobacco wrapped in thin paper.

Prevention of alcohol and smoking in the 1920s was completely useless. Moreover, such events could be considered a kind of heresy. Mankind was too fascinated by this phenomenon, which seemed a refined luxury, to listen to the voice of reason, which, however, was mostly silent in this respect.

Methods of fighting smoking

Today, unlike the previously described time, the problem caused by smoking has become much more obvious, and consequently, people began to actively think about ways to deal with it. Cancer and smoking in the minds of modern people - things are quite related, which often leads fans of cigarettes to the decision to abandon this harmful habit.

Almost everyone starts with a full and sharp refusal of smoking, which often, but not always, ends in failure. The thing is that with this approach a person programs himself to the fact that it will be difficult to change his way of life, and such actions will certainly require incredible volitional costs.

In connection with this, various organizations, such as the Ministry of Health, began to conduct various preventive measures. The smokers' lungs, photos of which began to be found in every anti-smoking brochure, can serve as a vivid example of the campaign being conducted. Recently, a huge amount of special social advertising has appeared, designed to demonstrate the perniciousness of this habit.

It should be given credit, in the past few decades, activities to prevent smoking have also been actively carried out: all kinds of actions, conferences, flash mobs and much more. To the public, the position of the need to renounce a bad habit began to be actively heard.

Special literature

This phenomenon is most common in America, where it is generally accepted to write so-called guides to certain life situations. Of course, the call to fight a bad habit has stimulated a whole wave of research publications and special programs designed to help smokers solve their problem.

The most famous author of this kind of literature in the world was, undoubtedly, Allen Carr, author of "Easy way to quit smoking." Prevention of smoking in the book was not particularly highlighted, but the information stated in the title was stated. Naturally, the work instantly became popular, spreading from the bookshelves in a matter of hours.

If one studies such literature, one can come to the conclusion that it is all built according to a certain scheme: it describes methods of combating the already existing problem more quickly. Nevertheless, there are also authors who are trying to prevent it, but this information is more likely to be found in the literature on a healthy lifestyle, rather than directly on the fight against the nicotine addiction of the world's population.

Education of the younger generation

Activities to prevent smoking actively began to be conducted in schools and universities around the world. Basically, such methods of struggle exist in two varieties: part of the curriculum and individual conferences and seminars. In the first case, special disciplines are introduced, from the very childhood demonstrating the advantages of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Children are structurally given a clear understanding of the harm caused by smoking to the human body.

In the second case, individual events are most often held, for which specialists in the fields of medicine, psychology and sociology are invited who visually demonstrate to the growing part of the world population the harmful nature of this habit, thus forming a worldview in which smoking will be extremely negative.

Of course, when talking about preventive measures, one should not forget about communication with parents, because they are the greatest authority for a child in the process of forming his personality. Prevention of tobacco smoking, a conversation on this topic should be conducted primarily in a home, confidential environment in which the child will feel most comfortable. In addition, most researchers argue that the best precaution is to abandon the harmful habit of parents themselves.

Recourse

Help in the fight, and sometimes prevent it, help specialists in this field. The program for the prevention of tobacco smoking for everyone will, of course, its own, and sometimes individually tailored for the client. Most often this requires special tests, passing tests, waiting for the results of certain studies, but as a result, a smoker who wants to "tie" gets his own system of methods for fighting nicotine addiction.

Radical measures

In cases where prevention of smoking does not help, many come to the use of radical measures: suggestion, hypnosis, coding. This type of anti-addiction can often be called effective, but they are extremely aggressive towards the body, and the slightest breakdown can lead to unexpected and sometimes serious consequences.

The simplest methods of fighting

Few people think that to avoid a problem of this kind there is absolutely no need to seek outside help. Since the fight against smoking does not cause any physical discomfort, if you do not take into account the dry mouth, coughing and trembling of the hands, which is caused by the belief in the mandatory complexity of weaning, all that is required is to make an internal decision. After a clear position has been formed on the need for refusal, it is possible to decide whether additional measures are needed. If smoking prevention is carried out, the memo can greatly simplify the task. Information in this case should be collected as much as possible, but at the same time compact. This should be a reminder of the main goal and task of the planned actions, to become a permanent motivation.

By the way, this technique is often used in hospitals and sanatoria, and not only with regard to smoking - alcohol and drug addiction are struggling in about the same way. Strangely enough, it really works: smoking prevention, a memo at which it is still involved, is more effective than without it.