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ABCD of ICanCaRe Tobacco Cessation Intervention Program

Quitting Tobacco has been a challenge. Most do not plan to fail, but fail to plan! Planning and preparation is the most important step to being successful.

Any successful tobacco Cessation program has to incorporate these 4 things which I put as ABCD of the ICanCaRe Tobacco Cessation program. And this is the success mantra for achieving 100% success for our patients.

ABCD of our Cessation, how we will help you in this quitting journey.

  1. A – for ACTIVE MOTIVATION and FOLLOW UP in which quit coaches will give you follow-up calls to check your progress on this quit journey of yours. Keep you constantly motivated with encouraging words making your journey pleasant and happy.
  2. B – BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION takes the form of advice, discussion, encouragement, and other activities designed to help quit attempts succeed. In this, we will give you the detail about 7D of coping with the urge of Tobacco. We will also explain to you to abstain from common trigger points and manage withdrawals.
  3. C – COMORBID CONDITIONS, to ensure those suffering from comorbidities of tobacco are appropriately recognized and treated to prevent Cancer, Cardiovascular, malnutrition and immunity deficiencies, and other chronic diseases.
  4. D – DRUGS OR MEDICATION which can be divided into Nicotine Replacement Therapy, non-nicotine medications, and supportive medications that have anti-craving effects. Certain other supplements as per the requirement would be added for the purpose.

An ICanCaRe-certified tobacco cessation specialist follows the ABCD Of tobacco cessation for a 100% quit rate.

Book your appointment today to start a healthy tobacco/smoke-free life with the best in class tobacco/smoking cessation experts at www.icancare.in/quittobacco or call 011-430-77695 for help. Download the ICanCaRe e-cessation app for quitting smoking and tobacco at https://app.icancare.in. 

(The Author – Dr. Pawan Gupta M.Ch. is Director of Surgical Oncology at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali. Patparganj and Noida. He is the author of the book – Win Over Tobacco Made Easy, Be Smart Do Not Start and is highly recognized for his work on Oral Cancer and Tobacco Cessation. He is the convenor for the Certified Course in Tobacco Cessation at Gujarat University)