30% of smokers would like to quit smoking.
30% of smokers would like to quit. -in Spain there are more than 11 million people smokers -smoking is the main problem of society health and health resource-intensive -specialists consider that one of the best ways to quit smoking is through nicotine replacement therapies -having a correct diagnosis and have appropriate treatment is essential to quit smoking. Only this can increase the effectiveness of abandonment until 5 or 6 times more Madrid, December of 2012- in Spain more than 11 million people are smokers, which is more than 20% of the population smokes. The total number of smokers, 30% would like to quit smoking. The prevalence of smoking in Spain has increased 0.5 per cent despite the entry into force in 2010 of the anti-tobacco law (42/2010) ”, argues Dr. Juan Antonio Riesco, pulmonologist expert in smoking and Vice President of the Spanish society of Pneumology and thoracic surgery (SEPAR)referring to recent studies by SEPAR. Smoking is the main problem of society health and health resource-intensive. According to different studies, treatments for quitting smoking represent an optimal relationship between cost and benefit. In this sense, Dr. Riesco emphasizes the importance that the patient has with a diagnosis right accompanied by proper treatment, since this may increase the effectiveness of abandonment until 5 or 6 times more than if the patient makes it on their own ”. In this context,...
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