[Group methods for smoking cessation]

Tobacco smoking is unique public health problem. Tobacco is unique among preventable causes of diseases because: it is always dangerous, it is highly addictive to many consumers, it is actively and energetically promoted, often by one of the world largest and most powerful industries, it use harms not only those who consume it, but also other people who are exposed to their smoke. Those importance characteristics help to make tobacco a particularly difficult public problem, requiring action, including a workshop for addiction of smoking.

Of work was to present results of workshop for addiction of smoking.

We worked in group using Macfarland and Folkenberg method in quitting of tobacco smoking. The group had 9-12 participants (in total were 100 participants). Person documentation of participant includes family and life anamnesis, physical examination, capacity of lungs, weight and height.

The most of health problems are registered in those people who where smoking at least 15 years, and most commend illness are cardiovascular systems 66,7 % and respiratory system 40 %. In first 10 day the symptoms of stopping using cigarettes where, in 92 % had wish for cigarettes, in 76 % had headache, in 68 % physical disorders and fall of concentration, 64 % of them had appetite disorder.

Group work has been shown to be the effective way to stop smoking, but it depends a getting the patients to join and stay in-group.