Why should you stop smoking?
Smoking cigarettes significantly increases your risk for heart disease, cancer and lung disease. It may also decrease the amount of time your new kidney will work.
How can you get help to stop smoking?
Ask your doctor about medication to help you quit smoking if you are having a problem quitting on your own. Also ask about support programs in your area. There are also online government supported programs you may want to try. Here are some of the links you can click and get rid of tobacco.
- https://ntcp.mohfw.gov.in/national_tobacco_quit_line_services
- Toll free number: Call – 1800 112 356
For those who are keen to quit smoking, the Government has also developed and deployed a mobile-based strategy called m-Cessation to encourage and support smokers willing to quit this habit. In this, those desirous of quitting smoking can give a missed call to a toll free number.
- https://www.nhp.gov.in/quit-tobacco
- 011-22901701
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