A treating doctor’s moral responsibility is to guide the patient to quit tobacco of any form. Second malignancy can be avoided. The same should be enforced each time the patient comes for a follow-up.
Call ICanCaRe Quitline 011-43077695 for a medically validated intervention to quit tobacco. Or visit any of the nearby ICanCaRe tobacco Cessation centers for intervention.
The third Tutorial for Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists was conducted by Dr. Mariya Tambawala on 15th November 2022. 22 CTCS attended the same. The agenda was set as follows:
1) Discussion on what seed to implant in the mind of a person to start tobacco cessation – led by Dr. Mariya
2) Follow up on last month’s case Navy Officer – Dr. Simoni
3) Discussion on How to Manage Cough in patients – home-based remedies – Dr. Supriya Wadhwa
4) Case discussion of IIT aspirant – Dr. Pawan Gupta (postponed for the next time)
5) Homework for the next – Discuss another common problem which is CONSTIPATION
It was heartening to know when Dr. Simoni Shah a Psychologist and Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist practicing in Mumbai said that her patient NAVY officer is completely off smoking for the.
Sowing a seed in the mind of a tobacco user, the discussion started by Dr. Mariya, saw some interesting inputs coming from all the participants. The relevant individualized advice is the most important. It had an interesting discussion for a tobacco user with stage IV cancer, and what to advise. To quit or not to quit. The discussion went into the quality and quantity of life of end-stage cancer patients and the type of intervention to advise them.
The commonest problem of a smoker – is cough. Dr. Supriya gave some homemade remedies and prepared ayurvedic treatment for this symptom. It was interesting to know so many remedies available from the kitchen. Dr. Pawan Gupta proposed that some of the selected preparation can be made available on the ICanCaRe pharmacy for Tobacco users.
Dr. Mariya proposed the vote of thanks and requested all the participants to submit their cases for future discussions.
All the participants thanked The trio – Mariya, Visuja, and Nikita for initialization the tutorials and Dr. Pawan Gupta for practical tips.
22 CTCS participated in the second Tutorial.
The next tutorial is scheduled for the 15th of every month, and we wish for enthusiastic participation from all CTCS across India. Please submit your cases for the same.
What some of the participants said:
Dr. Supriya Wadhwa from Ghaziabad –
Thanks, Pawan Sir for giving me this opportunity to speak on the topic of managing cough.
Although my presentation was made in the last 15 minutes so that was lacking in some points.
Hope I was able to address it properly.
Wud try to improve 🙏🏻
Thanks, Dr. Monalee from Mumbai-
It was very informative Dr. Supriya, our patients would definitely benefit from it. Thank you so much.
Was a great takeaway session today… Thanks to Dr. Mariya and Dr. Pawan Sir and everyone 🙂🙏🏻
Simoni Shah Psy Mumbai: A very insightful session. Thank you, everyone
Dr Supriya thanks for this useful information 👍
Dr. Rakesh of Sipher from Chandigarh: It was actually a very informative and motivating session. Thanks, Supriya for letting us know about the home remedies for cough
