cigarettes is less harmful is a lie
A scientific study has found that the use of nicotine substitutes doubles the chances of abstaining from smoking. The study, conducted by Khaled Obaid Bawaked, a consultant for family and community medicine in primary health care in Jeddah, who specializes in medical studies related to smoking and asthma, pointed out that the use of nicotine of all kinds for a period of three months and gradually achieved positive results in the cessation of many smokers from this scourge in society. The study showed the effectiveness of the nicotine patch that contains nicotine and is used easily so that the patch is placed in the morning after waking up from sleep for a period of 24 hours, noting that this treatment yielded satisfactory results and these patches do not cause addiction. Dr. Bawaked warned of the harms of smoking, shisha and molasses, explaining that the harms of smoking are not limited to cancer in the long term, but rather result in the short term deformation of the fetus if the mother is a smoker, infertility in men, and infertility, as smoking affects and weakens sperm in addition to cancer Mouth and two eyes. He refuted the claims of some manufacturers that there are tar-reduced cigarettes with different flavors and thin cigarettes that are less harmful, indicating that all of this is a lie and aims to promote cigarettes and link the smoker to the smoking habit. He stressed that determination and will are the treatment for quitting smoking, then comes the use of nicotine substitutes that help to get rid of it in the form of patches, chewing gum, pills or inhalation. There is a strong type of nasal spray that should be directed by the doctor. Bawaked noted the role of the Ministry of Health through anti-smoking programs and educating the community about its health, social and economic damages.


