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The information made available to the Lusa agency by the Directorate-General for Health (DGS), which does not yet have data for last year, indicates that the number of places available for smoking cessation consultations also remains far from the 235 that existed before the Covid-19 pandemic, remaining at 152 (2022), which, nevertheless, represents an increase compared to 112 in 2021.
In the first consultations, the trend was identical: from 12,702 in 2019, they increased to 6,159 (2020) and 5,902 (2021), with a reversal of the trend in 2022, with 8,843 (+49.8%).
The same happened in total consultations, with 41,946 in 2019, 25,515 in 2020 and 24,302 in 2021. The year 2022 saw an increase to 32,817.
Tobacco is the direct cause of 90% of lung cancer cases.
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In the US many people worked at quitting smoking when they saw photos of the TAR, same as used on roads, and niccotine that remained on lungs as black gunk you just can remove without removing the lung. There are sooo many easy ways to quit, the gum, the patch and more. Unfortunately if you are a smoker you are psycholically categorized as "self-destructive" and many people view smokers as people that can't manage their addictions because they don't try; GET HELP. When things get good in your life you'll be dying quicker and sicker than your non-smoking friends. I quit because my lung collapsed, chewed the gum and when that was finished sucked Tic Tacs and Altoids. So glad I did it, am 76 and people tag me in my 50s as skin is supple and not dried out. You can develop Asthma and Bronchitis as well and the stuff youre coughing up is nasty and people around you know it as well as your breath is rude. Good luck, anyone can quit these days. It would help all of us if Portugal would BAN smoking in ALL public places indoors and only a certain section outdoors; people will still go to bars and more to restarants. LOL, in Los Gatos, California you cannot smoke anywhere except inside only at your home and it's a beautiful rustic/modern town (Google.)
By Brad from USA on 23 Jan 2024, 01:22