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Smoking addiction is presented by an individual to snuff, caused primarily by one of its active components, nicotine, has just degenerated into abuse or tobacco consumption. Smoking is a chronic systemic disease belonging to the group of addictions. Today smoking is considered a chronic addictive disease treatment options.
Snuff smoke contains toxic gases which 3 are nicotine, carbon monoxide and cyanide.
Smoking can cause several diseases, among them are: lung cancer, emphysema and influenza.

Levels of smoking

Mild smokers
Less than 6 pack-years
Moderate smokers
Between 5 and 15 pack-years
Heavy smokers
more than 20 cigarettes daily

Passive Smoking

Are those people who do not smoke but are in constant contact with smokers and inhale cigarette smoke, passive smoking can also get respiratory problems.
Physical dependence on nicotine *
Moderate-intense Unit: consumption of more than 20 cigarettes a day, smoke the first cigarette in the first half hour after rising.
Mildly dependent: consumption of less than 20 cigarettes a day, smoke the first cigarette after half an hour to get up

Stop Smoking

People trying to quit smoking go through a series of stages or phases during the process, namely:
Phase One: Satisfaction. The smoker does not arise if you want to quit smoking, a smoker is satisfied.
Second phase: Indecision. Due to some external factor (eg illness of a family member because of snuff) or internal (eg, the smoker begins to notice health problems), the individual begins to doubt if you are satisfied with the snuff.

Phase Three: Preparation. The smoker, who has decided he wants to quit smoking, began to prepare its bid, inquiring about possible aid and its potential for success and sets a date to begin withdrawal. This phase ends on the smoker stops smoking.
Fourth stage: maintenance. The former smoker now doing everything possible to stay quit. During this phase it is normal that relapses occur (approximately two thirds of the attempts end in relapse after first month), with which the individual can return to any of the previous phases. However, a relapse is not a failure but should be seen as a step towards the final solution: the greater the number of attempts, the greater chance of success.

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