Many smokers actually know that smoking not only damages their own health, but the harmful substances in second- and third-hand smoke also affect the people around them.
Local and foreign studies have found that smoking increases the risk of contracting new coronary pneumonia, and smokers are more likely to develop serious complications from contracting new coronary pneumonia.
Under the epidemic, it is inconvenient to remove the mask to smoke, and there is a risk of infection and transmission of the virus. It is better to take the opportunity to quit smoking!
The 12th "Quit Smoking Winner" Smoke-Free Community Project has been successfully completed earlier. Cai Guowei, the champion in the "Quit Smoking Ambassador" category, quit smoking with tenacity even though he has smoked for more than 20 years; He was determined to quit smoking due to asthma and cough due to smoking; while Wei Xinyuan, the third runner-up, made the choice to quit smoking for his two and a half year old son.
Although their backgrounds and reasons for quitting smoking are different, all three of them agree that as long as they are determined, they will definitely succeed in quitting smoking!
Cai Guowei, the champion who successfully quit smoking for more than 20 years: I don't want to lose!
The champion of the 12th "Quit Winner", Cai Guowei, said that he had misused heated cigarettes to relieve his hand addiction in the early days of quitting smoking, but found that heated cigarettes made his throat more uncomfortable, and he also suffered from health problems such as poor breathing and frequent coughing.
The success of quitting smoking this time also depends on the plan to provide "Tangle" tools to help him completely relieve his hand addiction.
The champion of the 12th "Quit Winner", Cai Guowei, is engaged in performing arts. He has smoked for more than 20 years. He once smoked a whole pack of cigarettes a day. He also tried to quit smoking 5 years ago, but failed.
He pointed out that the success of quitting smoking this time has a lot to do with participating in this competition: "The last time I quit smoking, I found that I could not overcome my hand and heart addiction, so I finally failed to relapse. However, under the epidemic, smoking in addition to low-profile masks has a great impact. Risk, it is not worth it to hide in the back alley with poor sanitary environment for smoking, so I think this is a good time to quit smoking again. It happened that I met the champion of the previous competition during the shooting of Mark Six, and learned that the "Quit Smoking Big Winner" competition is currently underway. Recruited and decided to participate. In the process of quitting smoking this time, I used the Tangle distributed by the plan to relieve my hand addiction, and when I wanted to smoke, I would do other things to distract my attention, such as eating a few snacks, doing stretching exercises, even if I quit smoking In the early days, I had withdrawal symptoms such as insomnia. I persisted with will for 3 weeks and finally I was able to overcome the addiction. Compared with the last smoking cessation experience, this time I succeeded because I participated in the competition and had the idea of "don't want to lose". , become the driving force for quitting smoking, so I will encourage people who want to quit smoking to participate in "Quit Smoking Winner", because when you have a clear goal, you will have a greater belief in quitting smoking, and quitting smoking will be more successful!" Cai Guowei said happily after quitting smoking The most obvious is that his sense of taste and smell has improved, and his breathing has become smoother. Colleagues and friends who smoke around him know that he has successfully quit smoking, and they often ask him about his smoking cessation experience. He is very happy to use his successful experience to encourage his friends to participate. Smoke-free healthy living.
The second and third place winners both said: vaping is getting worse
The runner-up winner Xiong Yongjian said that smoking e-cigarettes made his throat and lungs more uncomfortable, and coughing in public places during the epidemic made him more troubled and embarrassed, so he made up his mind to quit smoking.
E-cigarette promotion strategies target young people and lure them into smoking cigarettes.
The runner-up Xiong Yongjian admitted that he was attracted by its "sugar coatings" at first, but later found out that they were actually "sugar-coated poisons". He pointed out: "I started smoking cigarettes occasionally in middle school, but not frequently, so I didn't feel the need to quit smoking. But after graduation Because of work pressure, I tried e-cigarettes under the influence of my friends, and because of its various flavors that are easy to eat and easy to smoke, I quickly became addicted to it. The heavy weight of electronic cigarette cartridges made my lung discomfort worse. I often had shortness of breath and cough. After seeing the promotional video of "Quit Smoking Big Winner" on the Internet, I decided to quit smoking for the sake of my health." Xiong Yongjian pointed to his The way to quit smoking is to throw away all electronic cigarette devices and cartridges, and to do exercise, watch movies and talk to friends to reduce stress, eat snacks and drink water to divert the craving, and successfully quit smoking within the last two months.
Now his breathing is obviously smoother than before, he no longer walks with shortness of breath, his skin is in better condition, and his voice is louder.
Wei Xinyuan, the third runner-up who has smoked for about 15 years, also said that at the beginning, because e-cigarettes were cheaper and more convenient, he used e-cigarettes for half a year, but after that he often felt headaches and learned that the nicotine content of e-cigarettes is more likely to be higher than that of traditional cigarettes. cigarettes several times, so I re-smoke traditional cigarettes.
The biggest motivation for him to quit smoking came from his family, he said: "Because my son is only two and a half years old, my wife often complains that I smoke at home, which will prevent me from getting close to my son. In fact, I have always known that second- and third-hand smoke will affect the My family is healthy, so when I was shopping with my wife, I came across the "Quit Smoking Big Winner" recruitment campaign and decided to submit the form to participate. After evaluating my smoking situation, the plan referred me to smoking cessation counseling services, so I got the correct smoking cessation advice and I was prescribed a smoking cessation patch, which effectively helped me reduce my smoking craving. After successfully quitting smoking, my wife was very happy. In addition to better family relationships, I saved more money after quitting smoking, so I encourage my friends and colleagues to quit smoking together.”
The third runner-up Wei Xinyuan often has to work all night and has mistakenly used smoking as a refreshing tool.
After quitting smoking, he found that eating mints was more effective in helping to refresh and healthier.
He also developed the habit of running in the morning, which made his body better and his spirits better.
All three winners mentioned that they had used alternative smoking products such as e-cigarettes and heated cigarettes. However, these smoking products not only did not help them to relieve their cravings, but may increase their smoking and cause health problems.
The regulations banning alternative smoking products will take effect on April 30, 2022. They expressed their support and believed that quitting all smoking products as soon as possible is the fundamental way to get rid of smoking addiction and avoid smoking harm.
The number of people participating in the 12th "Quit Smoking Winner" Contest hits a record high
It is planned to hold a large-scale recruitment event on October 16th and 17th last year - the large-scale recruitment of smoking cessation services, which will gather a number of smoking cessation service agencies to allow smokers to participate in the "Quit Winners" competition on the spot, and receive different forms of smoking cessation counseling. Accept Appropriate smoking cessation counseling.
In addition to three winners, the 12th "Quit Smoking Winner" competition attracted more than 1,450 smokers to participate.
In fact, since 2009, the committee has organized the "Quit Winners" smoke-free community plan, which includes smoking cessation competitions and a series of smoke-free promotion activities, with media publicity, smoking cessation counseling and scientific research to promote smoking cessation messages.
From June to October 2021, the committee held more than 70 recruitment and publicity activities in Hong Kong, and the participants were followed up by the smoking cessation counsellors provided by the School of Nursing and the School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong. Participants who successfully pass the test for six months and successfully quit smoking will receive HK$500 cash coupons and have a chance to win rich prizes.
On the other hand, the plan has received strong support from the community, including district councils, district health centres, district service groups, etc., through the rich district experience and close network of 16 district partners, to promote smoke-free messages and encourage smoking cessation in all districts of Hong Kong.
The project is also supported by 50 government and public institutions, catering industry, construction industry, property management industry, transportation and logistics industry and other corporate organizations, so that the network of smoke-free communities can be expanded.
The 12th "Quit Tobacco Winner" Smoke-Free Community Program and the community have jointly organized nearly 60 publicity activities to promote smoke-free information to more than 150,000 citizens through different forms of physical and online.
Tang Xiuqi (right), chairman of the "Quit Winners" Committee, said: "In addition to smoking in public places with low masks or smoking at home, it will bring the risk of contracting the new coronavirus or health problems such as second- and third-hand smoke to the people around you. Smoking People should consider their family members and their own health, quit smoking as soon as possible, and call the smoking cessation hotline 1833183 if necessary to seek free and appropriate smoking cessation counseling services to increase their chances of success.”
It is planned to conduct recruitment activities in 18 districts in Hong Kong to proactively reach out to smokers and encourage them to quit smoking.
The 13th "Quit Smoking Winner" Smoke-Free Community Program will be launched in June. Please visit the program website to learn about and pay attention to more activities and smoking cessation information!
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