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Totana City Council, through the Municipal Service for Prevention of Drug Addiction of the Department of Social Services, supports the campaign against Snuff Day, celebrated today May 31 with the theme of work is "The industry interference tobacco "

The campaign focuses on the need to expose and counter attempts increasingly brazen and aggressive tobacco industry to undermine the Framework Convention for the Control of Snuff the World Health Organization because of the grave dangers they pose to public health.

Sources from the Department reminded that the consumption of snuff is one of the leading preventable causes of death.

The global tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people each year, of which over 600,000 are non-smokers exposed to tobacco snuff others.

Unless action is taken, as reported, the snuff will kill up to 8 million people in 2030, of which over 80% live in low and middle income countries.

Tips to quit smoking

The Municipal Service Drug Addiction Prevention offers some advice for those who want to quit smoking: get ready to quit, not light a cigarette automatically, every time you smoke one, write it down and enter the reason it does ; remove those unnecessary cigarettes, choose a day to quit smoking talk to the people around you, family, friends, and ask for help and understanding, think of quitting the present day only, does not arise that will never to smoke, try not to eat heavily and especially after eating not take a break to read or watch TV, eat often and little amount, avoid drinking and exciting, during the first few days feel a strong desire heavy smoking, but do not worry, there is a way to cope and overcome this desire: "Relax ... breathe deeply ... feel pure and clean air fills your lungs ... hold it as long as you can pull it inside ... slowly, concentrate what you are doing. "

Repeat this several times, keep in mind that the urge to smoke decreases considerably after the second to third week, be careful, you can gain weight, however, if you watch your diet and do some sport, win only few kilos which you can then easily removed, congratulate yourself each passing day, because this time certainly going to get stop smoking and never give in, even for a single cigarette.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana