The Harmful Effects of Snuff
May 31 is the date set by the World Health Organization (WHO) to celebrate World No Snuff, an initiative to recall the harmful effects of snuff for the whole population (smokers and nonsmokers). Not surprisingly, in Spain, as in most developed countries, the two diseases that cause more deaths, heart attacks and lung cancer, the snuff is a factor.
To quit smoking is personal motivation continues to be an essential but often the various attempts that occur over time are doomed to failure for a bundle of symptoms that appear when you quit. Anxiety, irritability, nervousness, difficulty concentrating and sleep disorders, among others, emerge during the first days or weeks.
To achieve and maintain addiction, are on the market known to be effective therapies that can help alleviate these symptoms, improving the success rate. These include drugs that replace the effects of nicotine in the body. The amount of nicotine in these products is necessary to alleviate the symptoms of withdrawal, but not enough so they can also create dependency.
Alternative therapies
The amount of nicotine containing products such as gum or patch is needed to alleviate the withdrawal but insufficient to cause dependence