The consultation of the Hospital in Móstoles tobacco addiction achieved a rate of abstinence from 64 per cent.

-El Hospital de Móstoles pioneered the application of treatments to quit smoking

-therapy is individualized and includes the monitoring of the patient for at least one year

Móstoles, January 2012.- figures on the programme of cessation of smoking that carried out by the specialists of the Pneumology Service of the University Hospital of Móstoles have successfully passed the expectations that have been set to get it running in 2004.

With 300 new patients each year, the query has an index of abstinence from 64 per cent among smokers who go to the health centre for help to quit. The number of patients who have passed through the query during this time exceeds 2,000.

Treatment is based on a personalized assistance divided into several periods. After the initial assessment of physicians, the plan continues with follow-up visits which may last from 5 to 6 months. The next step is temporary discharge of the patient who is given a diploma from exfumador. Finally, is cited per year for final discharge.

The Hospital of Móstoles was pioneer in undertake this programme that began to implement, in first place, between the workers of el Centre. With the advent of the Regional Plan for control and prevention of tobacco use (2005-2007), the Hospital decided to extend the target groups and extended it to teaching staff and patients with chronic diseases such as COPD, cardiópatas or patient psychiatric.

Currently, smokers who want to benefit from this programme must comply with certain requirements such as having a high degree of dependence and have unsuccessfully tried to stop smoking at least once despite having proper in its health centre follow-up.

Other activities

The consultation of the University Hospital of Móstoles tobacco addiction carries out various additional activities aimed both at the population in general, as to the professionals.

The former include the convening of the entitled drawing contest in Móstoles we had fun without tobacco ” is aimed at students of 1 ° and 2 ° education secondary compulsory of institutes of the municipality. This initiative, launched in the year 2009 with the collaboration of the City Hall of Móstoles, aims to educate young people about the dangers of smoking. This event has succeeded in increasing participation each year.

The edition of the book Manual on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tobacco ” is another work star of unity that has achieved the unanimous applause of health professionals.

The more immediate future projects include the completion of a survey of prevalence of smoking among students of medicine and nursing.

Smoking is the first cause of preventable illness and death. Only in our country causes 55,000 deaths to the year