St. John’s Hospital, Bengaluru Inaugurates Tobacco Cessation Centre
ICanCaRe Academy congratulates Dr. Pradeep Johnson for starting of Tobacco Cessation center at St. John’s Hospital, Bengaluru.
Dr. Pradeep a senior Psychiatrist inspired by ICanCaRe SAVE the youth campaign skilled up a CERTIFIED TOBACCO CESSATION SPECIALIST course accredited by Gujarat University conducted by ICanCaRe in November 2020.
Tobacco Cessation centers are essential to assist people desirous of quitting tobacco and are needed in every place. Starting of a TCC at St. Johns is an important milestone and the beginning of the acceptability of large hospitals that such a center is required for a holistic treatment of patients.
ICanCaRe as part of SAVE the youth campaign capacity building trains doctors as CTCS and hand holds them to establish TCC centers powered by the ICanCaRe digital APP for a standardized intervention protocol for reproducible results across all centers.
A historic educational Cultural program on the occasion of Dusshera – when good wins over evil @ICanCaRe – https://youtu.be/uUTeXFJKJ88
Tobacco – chewing or smoking form is depicted as MAYAVI RAVAN, which over a period has affected RAM (the common man) to such an extent that most are at the mercy of the RAVAN (THE TAMBAKKU ASUR). It is the women as tobacco MARSHALs who would rise against this biggest killer of the present society.
EACH WOMAN IS UNIQUE! They sacrifice their life for others!
INNER WHEEL 310 with ICanCaRe and Ek Pahal presents a theme program “MAYAVI RAVAN- RAM TOH HAARE, AB SITA KI HAI BAARI!!” – depicting the life of a woman in the era of tobacco and how she needs to be empowered as TOBACCO MARSHALs to fight the greatest killer of today.
Initiated by Mrs. SONAL BHATIA, District Chairman Inner wheel District 310 for 2021-22 it is revolutionized society.
WOMEN ARE THE ONES WHO CAN CHANGE THE WORLD! SHE IS SHAKTI AND HAS THE POWER TO DO WHAT MEN COULD NOT DO! We, introduce the First INNER WHEEL TOBACCO MARSHAL of INDIA – IW Mrs. SWARN LATA of Jaipur IWD 305 who has shown the seed of change.
Let’s join during International Pink month to be strong and make the World Stronger.
ICanCaRe, a start-up company that has pioneered the Tobacco Cessation with the SAVE the youth Campaign, has added WOMEN HEALTH INITIATIVE to address the issues related to women. ICanCaRe wishes for our country to be free from tobacco and cancer. In order to do so, your help is needed to have a sincere attempt. #catchthemearly and #SAVEtheyouth campaign has been initiated by ICanCaRe under the guidance of a specialist team of doctors led by Dr. Pawan Gupta M.Ch., (CANCER SURGEON) for a Cancer-Free India!
#SAVEtheyouth S – SENSITIZE A – ASSIST V – VOLUNTEER E– ENFORCE to win over tobacco
The start of the journey of a tobacco user is of enjoyment. The tobacco is packed and advertised to attract the youth. The flavor, menthol, etc added to tobacco – smoking. chewing or vaping is to make it an enjoyable thing. But the addictive factor added to it is slowly affecting the brain making it irresistible. The youth are attracted to tobacco by surrogate advertisements and misleading advertisements.
Cigarettes contain 7000 chemicals, of these 200 are severely harmful and 69 are cancer-causing chemicals. In chewing tobacco similar constituents with 28 very harmful carcinogens. The Vaping device also contains chemicals that are leading to new forms of diseases.
No chemicals cause acute injury, it is a journey. In simple words, tobacco will not cause any diseases immediately. Its chronic use will slowly take its toll. Slowly diseases appear and it affects the body, initially reversible and later irreversible. This can be any time from the start of the tobacco journey and depends on many other factors. 200 types of diseases have been documented to be caused by tobacco. Tobacco users will have some or other diseases related to tobacco use, they cannot escape! In India, the introduction of chewing tobacco in the 1970s and massive advertisements brought a new form of disease Oral and oropharyngeal Cancers and Submucous fibrosis. Now, we are the World’s highest in these diseases.
If you have taken tobacco for some time and you think you are not suffering, you are mistaken. The brain is adapting to your tobacco use, its function starts deteriorating, and to keep up with its pace as a non-tobacco user, the demand for tobacco keeps increasing. You are in a vicious cycle.
The journey starts with some foolish person enticing you to your first tobacco – smoking, chewing, or vaping will soon turn into suffering for yourself and for your relatives. These are the phases of tobacco use that will ultimately end in a painful untimely death.
Your present choice will determine your future life! #knowtobacco to choose your life journey.
Tobacco is a disease. Tobacco industries are enticing the new generation with newer forms, packaging, and flavors. One has to be smart not to start. For those who have started it is important they quit the earliest. Quitting needs hand-holding by a certified tobacco cessation specialist. Look for someone around you or call 011-43077695 or download the app- ICanCaRe at http://app.icancare.in
Every day 5500 youths are trapped and they start tobacco. Every day 3700 are dying a painful death. We have to change this scenario. Every unit must have a TOBACCO MARSHAL. Join a Tobacco MARSHAL to SAVE the youth! http://icancare.in/academy/marshal
(The Author – Dr. Pawan Gupta M.Ch. is Director of Surgical Oncology at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali. Patparganj and Noida. He is the author of 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)
(Critically reviewed by Tobacco MARSHAL Sonal Bhatia, Shubh Bhatia, and Lakshay Srijay Gupta)
