The "Tobacco Free Month" campaign started on Sunday and consists of quitting smoking for one month.
Because according to specialists, if smokers manage to quit smoking for 30 days, they are five times more likely to quit smoking permanently.
This year, 100,000 people are participating in the operation.
The 5th edition of the "Tobacco-Free Month" operation began on Sunday and is scheduled to last until the end of November.
The challenge: not to smoke a single cigarette for a month.
To help you, the iconic "Tobacco Free Month" "kit" is available free of charge in pharmacies.
It is also possible to receive it at home by registering on the operation site.
Encouragement advice is available and tobacco specialists are available by phone at 3989 to help quit smoking.
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100,000 registered smokers
As of Monday, 100,000 smokers were registered on the site.
Among them, Sarah, 29, who has smoked since she was a teenager.
Two years ago, she had managed to quit smoking thanks to the "Tobacco Free Month", but she broke down during the first confinement, smoking five to six cigarettes a day.
This time, she intends to quit for good.
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"My last cigarette was last week. I told myself that I had to find positive things to do during the re-containment. I finished my pack because when I have cigarettes on me, I know that I will smoke them. I have not taken a lighter and I am only with people who do not smoke. I will try to resume gentle sports, such as yoga, or even meditation which had me a lot helped two years ago, "says the young woman to Europe 1.
Patches can be prescribed and reimbursed
To quit smoking, nicotine substitutes can also be used, such as patches or chewing gum.
They can be prescribed by general practitioners, but also by physiotherapists, dentists or nurses, and this is fully reimbursed by Social Security.
If the operation "Tobacco Free Month" was launched, it is because specialists started from an observation: if smokers manage to quit smoking for 30 days, they are five times more likely to quit smoking definitely.
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Visible changes from one month
"From the first days of stopping smoking, the benefits may already be visible. The skin will be less yellow, but we will also regain taste and smell, find better breath and be able to do more physical activity. These are very quick benefits to observe when you stop smoking, ”explains Justine Avenel-Roux, head of the“ Tobacco-Free Month ”project.
Finally, the last argument: savings.
A pack of cigarettes now costs around 10 euros.
Prices also increased again on Sunday.