With the purpose of raising awareness about the harmful and lethal effects of tobacco consumption, trying to dissuade it in any of its forms and at the same time promoting effective policies to reduce this habit, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have declared the 31st May as World No Tobacco Day.

The best way to prevent smoking is to not use tobacco in the first place. The prevention so that our children do not smoke is that oneself does not smoke.

It has been shown that those whose parents do not smoke or who have successfully quit are much less likely to start smoking.

This addiction contributes to general deterioration of health and can cause disabilities. Defined as an epidemic and the leading preventable cause of death worldwide, still few people internalize its risks

Risk groups

Adolescents and young people are the most susceptible in recent times, caused largely by the pleasurable effects that nicotine produces in the brain, albeit temporarily, which makes them take one cigarette after another; also driven by excitement, fashion, imitation.

You’re not alone if you’ve tried to quit, but haven’t been able to kick the habit forever and achieve long-term, stable abstinence.

From the house

The birthplace of Carlos J. Finlay, a sociocultural project of the City Historian’s Office, offers a space for orientation based on Natural and Traditional Medicine, as well as psychological orientation that helps raise awareness and develop a treatment that works, every Wednesday starting at 9:00 a.m. A correct orientation on a healthier and more adequate style for the prevention of diseases related to these toxins, as well as the effectiveness of therapies to achieve the recovery and restoration of the organism.

Healthy options such as the practice of tai chi, the use and consumption of useful parts of medicinal plants when tasting a tizan, characteristic of the Finlay birthplace, will make you find in this space an improvement in your quality of life, as well as the conviction of overcoming nicotine addiction you must be aware of the triggers and make a plan to deal with them.

The more you smoke, the more nicotine you need to feel good. Nicotine quickly becomes part of your daily routine and connects with your habits and feelings. It is better not to start, that is the most effective prevention.

Translated by: Aileen Álvarez García