Months without tobacco : the State puts the packet on the 2nd edition

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Published the 10.10.2017 at 15h26

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Smokers, get ready to hang up your pack of cigarettes. From 1 November, the French health authorities to launch a challenge to the 16 million consumers : letting go of his lighter for at least a month.

For the second year, the operation Months without tobacco is launched under the aegis of public Health in France. And the government has decided to bring the package to this edition, as he showed during a press conference for the launch. And for good reason : quit smoking for a month multiplies by five the chance to wean completely.

The fan zones

During the month of November, the collective mind will do. On social networks, and every smoker wishing to stop will be able to join teams. Either according to themes, either according to their region of domicile.

Always in the optics to stimulate the crowds, the health authorities have chosen to take the system of the ” Fan zones “, created on the occasion of the european football. And everyone should find his account. In the program : information meetings with health professionals, workshops… everything To make it fun stopping smoking. The “fan zone” will criss-cross the roads of France, starting with Paris on the 24th of October. It will move every two days to finish his journey to Metz.

.@AgnesBuzyn launches operation #MoisSansTabac: in November, we stop together!
??The release of @santeprevention: https://t.co/UTtIghxeVm pic.twitter.com/11nt3K6O9Q

— MinSolidaritésSanté (@MinSoliSante) October 9, 2017

A package of 150 euros

If public Health France puts as much emphasis on the group dynamic, it is because it draws the lessons of the previous edition of the Month without tobacco. “It is clear from the first analyses of this operation that the collective is one of the dimensions to focus on, it is the red wire of the edition 2017,” explains François Bourdillon, director-general of public Health of France.

Beyond the playful aspect, the event also provides the opportunity of getting to many smokers. In 2016, 180 000 French have responded to the challenge of the authorities. The health Insurance, she has seen the requests for refunds of nicotine replacement therapies to increase by two-thirds. As a reminder, a fee of 150 euros per person is supported.

To change the image of tobacco

For the minister of Health, ” in November, without tobacco “, it is also an opportunity to focus on the risks of this consumption. In fact, only four in ten French people see the tobacco as dangerous.

1 goal: 500k smoking – by year ??23% of smokers in 2022. Especially: to change the image of tobacco, eradicate it as a social norm.

— Agnès Buzyn (@agnesbuzyn) October 9, 2017

“Tobacco kills, but slowly, said Agnès Buzyn during the press conference. Its damage time prevent us from the full awareness of its risks. “However, the facts are there : a smoker in two will eventually die of causes directly related to his addiction.