Quitting Tobacco Strategy and Capacity Building – ICanCaRe Protocol

Quitting Tobacco Strategy and Capacity Building – ICanCaRe Protocol

Quitting tobacco is frustrating. And for a healthcare professional it is a challenge! Every day whatever discipline one is practicing, tobacco users, do visit your clinic. Most of the symptoms the patient has are also related to tobacco use – smoking, chewing, or vaping. The outcome of treatment is compromised if the person continues to use tobacco, thus losing trust with the patient.

It is also seen that a doctor who addresses the issue of tobacco with the patient and goes the extra mile in guiding the person to quit tobacco gains instant recognition from the patient and family. By doing this the doctor does gain directly and indirectly better value in society and definitely more clientele.

268 million people in India use tobacco in some form. The numbers are increasing every day. WHO reports that 70% of educated people who have taken tobacco for a substantial time wish to quit tobacco. They try it unsuccessfully by themselves and frustrated look for support from medical professionals. Medical professionals need to be skilled in tobacco cessation.

I am an Oncosurgeon, practicing for 27 years now.  70 % of my patient are tobacco addicts, as is the case with all other medical professionals, except a few branches. My initial intervention was restricted to just asking the person to quit tobacco. Beyond that I did not know, referring to the psychiatry department was not agreeable, and more importantly, the low quit rate was not acceptable. So, my journey into tobacco cessation began with a deeper understanding of the psychosocial and physical patterns of tobacco addiction and coming up with a successful ICanCaRe intervention model. ICanCaRe launched a comprehensive tobacco control program as SAVE the Youth Campaign.

QUITTING TOBACCO – is now easy

Tobacco addiction is multifactorial. The skill lies in assessing each of the components and balancing the issue with the patient. The intervention is individualized and is not a copycat prescription for all. The most important roadblock for every patient is the “Fear of Failure”. ICanCaRe incorporated all the components into digital format http://app.icancare.in and made it simple, scalable, and saleable. The balance lies in managing withdrawals, cravings, suffering, societal pressure, and managing medical issues. This intervention process is simplified as “ABCD of Tobacco CESSATION” which is Active Motivation, Behavioural intervention, Co-morbidity management, and Drugs and medications like Nicotine-Acetylcholine receptor agonists and supplements.

ICanCaRe E-pharmacy for tobacco medications is available to ensure timely doorstep delivery of the medications to ensure compliance. And more recently multilingual virtual clinics have been introduced to help guide remote patients. Quit tobacco is now just a call away – 011-43077695.

The ICanCaRe standardized protocol for cessation has been designed, piloted, and implemented to help individuals quit any form of tobacco and smoking with ease. This protocol is tailored to suit the individuals’ needs and habits so that adapting to the tobacco-free routine is easy and simple. More details are available at www.icancare.in/quittobacco

Quitting tobacco is now available, feasible, and effective!

CAPACITY BUILDING – ICanCaRe Academy

Capacity building is the absolute need of the hour so that the HCPs are readily available across every corner of the country to offer help for a cessation to their patients. Every hospital needs to establish a dedicated cessation center with a dedicated team to offer assistance in quitting and oral examination.

ICanCaRe Academy – introduced the Certified Tobacco Cessation courses accredited with GUJARAT UNIVERSITY to train doctors and health care workers across India. Lots of trained skilled HCP and Tobacco cessation clinics are needed across India. Tobacco MARSHALs in society are trained influencers who motivate people to SAVE the youth. www.icancare.in/academy

The pillar of success for the program lies in visibly, available skilled and networked Health Care Professionals following a reproducible digitalized intervention for a successful outcome.

At ICanCaRe we are committed to SAVE the youth by sensitization, assisting them to quit, Volunteer Training, and Enforcing tobacco control.

ICanCaRe is here to stay with its innovative 360-degree intervention for tobacco cessation.

Collaboration and synergizing together are the way ahead to putting an end to this pandemic. ICanCaRe is open for collaborations with institutions, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and tech-based institutions to amplify cessation across the country.

Join the ICanCaRe community to #SAVEtheyouth www.facebook.com/groups/icancare.

(The Author – Dr. Pawan Gupta M.Ch. is Director of Surgical Oncology at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali. Patparganj and Noida. He authored the book – Win Over Tobacco Made Easy, Be Smart Do Not Start and is highly recognized for his work on Oral Cancer and Tobacco Cessation. He is the convenor for the Certified Course in Tobacco Cessation at Gujarat University. He launched the #SAVEtheyouth campaign and Tobacco MARSHALs in the community)

 

REACH OUT FOR TOBACCO CESSATION

2nd ICanCaRe Tutorial for CTCS

The second Tutorial for Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists was initiated by Dr. Mariya Tambawala and Dr. Nikita Dwivedi on 15th October 2022.

Dr. Simoni Shah a Psychologist and Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist practicing in Mumbai presented a case for discussion.

The case was discussed in detail with inputs coming from many of the participants, and discussing the history of the patient was piecemeal, relevantly analyzing it, and finally preparing a plan for the patient.

Dr. Simoni was happy to get practical inputs to manage the case. At the same time giving other CTCS an insight into dealing with such cases.

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

Dr. Nikita gave a 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 which are of great help in the management of the patients. Everyone also thanked Dr. Pawan Gupta for his practical input.

24 CTCS participated in the second Tutorial.

We look forward to our next tutorial. The 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.

Contact:

Tutorial Co-ordinator – Dr. Mariya Tambawala 9924259452 dr.mariyasham@gmail.com

Dr. Nikita Dwivedi 8052664731 and Dr. Visuja Chaudhary 9971499968

MASTER TRAINER – Dr. Pawan Gupta M.Ch. 9811290152

What some of the participants said:

Dr. Monalee from Mumbai –

Wonderful session. Good case discussion and got many tips on planting a seed. Thank you so much for organizing this session Dr. Mariya, Dr. Nikita, and Dr. Simone.

Heartfelt thanks to Dr. Pawan to help us gain clarity and giving practical tips. Thanks, everyone 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙂

Dr. Kshipra Deshpande 

Thank you very much, Dr. Mariya, Nikita, and Simone for such a wonderful session.

Special thanks to Pawan sir, we are learning many new things from you every time. That’s why want to interact with you every time. Thanks a lot, Sir🙏🏻🙏🏻

dr Rajkumari Sachdeva ENT Indore: Thanks Pawan sir, Mariya & all, wonderful session.

Simoni Shah Psy Mumbai: Thank you @Dr. Pawan Gupta M.Ch. @CTCS Feb22 Mariya Tambawala and the team A very informative and knowledgeable rich session.

 

Certified Tobacco Specialist Batch of August 2022

The August – September 2022 batch of Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists is a very special batch. Although a small batch, it consists of doctors from various disciplines- Pulmonologist, ENT and Head neck Onco-surgeon, Pedodontics, Oral medicine and Radiologist, and dental surgeons. Each one as much enthusiastic to learn more and adopt tobacco cessation in their practice.

We welcome each one of them into the ICanCaRe family as they join the #SAVEtheyouth campaign as Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists.

Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists are the most important link for #SAVEtheyouth Campaign as they are at the pinnacle and trained extensively for intervention to successfully help quit tobacco for their patients.

CTCS course is accredited by Gujarat University and the only such course in India giving practical experience, ICanCaRe APP for digitalized protocol intervention. To know more go to http://www.icancare.in/academy/ctcs It is an 8-week course with dedicated 2.5 hours each week, with a lot of reading material, etc.

What some of the participants have to say:

This training course is very precise, practical, two-way communication is very helpful for solving our problem, very informative, practice-oriented program.” – Dr. Rajkumari Khatri, Indore, ENT and Head, and Neck Surgeon

“Actively involving each student in discussion and learning process, discipline and dedication” – Dr. Mallikarjun, Pulmonologist, HCG – Bengaluru

“Very interactive, engaging, and highly informative. Definitely will start practice tobacco cessation along with my ongoing clinical practice.” – Dr. Visuja Chaudhary, Pedodontics, Noida

Fo Details about the course –

Contact – 011-43077695

http://www.icancare.in/academy/ctcs

info@icancare.in