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Cessation using Plateau Therapy for chronic Smokeless Tobacco consumer

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CTCS TUTORIAL #13 Case 1 ICanCaRe Academy On 15 September 2023, the 13th monthly tutorial session was conducted for Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists. One of the two cases discussed a 60-year-old retailer, chronic tobacco chewer. He had a history of consuming tobacco, 6-7 pouches in a day, for over 40 years, with added supari, chutney, […]

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Dilemma of a Doctor – Advise to Quit or Not?

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Dilemma of a doctor – A 44 year old tobacco chewer with advance stage of cancer – should he be asked to quit tobacco??? Author – Dr. Monalee Prasad, BDS(2007), PGD in Aesthetic Dentistry (2009),TII -IDA(2020) ,OCTC (2021), CTCS (2021). This is a case of a 44 year-old male patient suffering from Stage IV recurrent

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*Best Diwali Wishes I GOT TODAY! I feel elated!*

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This Diwali is extremely satisfying, as I have now a good number of patients saved from getting cancer! The #SAVEtheyouth campaign with its components #knowtobacco & #chotadaana is off-course when a person gets cancer we can still save them, but it would be associated with morbidity, and compromised quality of life.

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Doctors Recognize the Need of A Specialist To Quit Tobacco

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When they started, they were unaware of the consequences. Now that they are trapped feel the heat and wish to be free. Doctors are the intellects of society. They have different positions in society. But a doctor who is a tobacco user is no more acceptable in society.

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Doctors as Tobacco Users – What Made Them Start

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Doctors are the intellects of the society. People look at them for guidance in all fields most importantly the health aspect of life. Advising is his profession and he sets example by his conduct and behaviour. Lot of people when told to quit tobacco they give examples of doctors using tobacco. It is interesting to

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ABCD of ICanCaRe Tobacco Cessation Intervention Program

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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

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Spouse’s Role in Tobacco Cessation

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Spouse has a very important role to play for tobacco cessation. Here I am only addressing the wife! There would be conflicts I have patients where the husband came to know about his wife’s habit post marriage. Traditionally Indians do not ask about the tobacco habits and even if they do the husbands would usually

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Spouse’s Nagging in Tobacco Cessation (Quitting Smoking and Chewing Tobacco)

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Spouse has a very important role to play for tobacco cessation (quitting smoking or tobacco chewing). Frustration and non compliance by a husband gives rise to nagging as means to vent out the current irritation. Nagging by spouse may be due to many reasons, I am restricted here to tobacco use only. What is Nagging

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Why Do Tobacco Consumers Resist From Quitting Smoking and Chewing

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Whenever you approach a tobacco consumer to stop smoking or chewing, the very first and obvious reaction is “Why?”; “I can quit any time I want to.”; “Why are you worried? I will quit when I feel the need”; “I\’m not interested.”; “You must smoke with me to feel how relieving it feels.” You experience

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Be Careful Before Marrying of Your Daughter to A Tobacco User – Parent\’s Responsibilities

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Tobacco is commonly used in India. While choosing a groom, no one really bothers to ask about tobacco use. Tobacco use till now is still an acceptable social norm. I have a question – “Would you marry your daughter to a person who is diseased or likely to have a disease?”  “Arre Shadi ke baadh ladka

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