Tabagismo: implantação de programa de controle na ESF São José

Abstract

Smoking is a major public health problem and represents a big challenge for Preventive Medicine. According to medical literature, cigarette smoking is a risk factor for many diseases. The damages which smokers are subject involve various aspects. Nicotine, for example, makes the usurers as dependent as any illicit drug in our country, but what differs the cigarette is the fact that it is freely traded. The government has been trying to reduce the number of smokers through a national plan for tobacco control and increased taxes on cigarettes, which decrease the expectation and quality of life, bringing significant financial expenses for users. Therefore, this study aimed to perform a literature review on smoking and develop a proposal for intervention to promote the reduction of the number of smokers in the area covered by the Family Health Team (FHT). The intense search for São José's members community area for a therapy that help them abstaining from smoking as well as the fact that tobacco is a serious public health problem, guided the prioritization of this issue by the team.