This Friday, November 1, 2024, at the start of Tobacco-Free Month, watch episode 2 of “Doctor, I quit!”, presented by French doctor and emergency physician Gérald Kierzek.
In this special broadcast, dedicated to vapingthe health professional reviews the different questions posed by this practice, supported by the testimony of vapers, all former smokers.
For this second episodeavailable this Friday evening on YouTube, Dr. Kierzek receives Christophe Mazières, co-founder of the Mazam company and CEO of PrintVallée. In his fast-paced daily life, this business manager and ex-smoker explains to us how vaping changed his personal and professional life. And why he recommends it without hesitation to the smokers around him, including his employees!
Stress management and smoking cessation
Many smokers will say it: with each period of stress, with each peak of anxiety, cigarettes become even more present. This is what student Alice Moreau told us during her appearance in the first episode of “Doctor, I Stopped!”. And this is also what Christophe Mazières, business manager, confirmed during his interview with Dr. Kierzek.
“I smoked my first cigarette when I was 18. Then I smoked continuously until I was around 35. At the time, in business school, we were even offered them for free in the evenings […] Smoking actually gave me this false feeling of de-stressing. Because I could get moving I think, take a break »
– Testimony from Christophe in “Doctor, I stopped!”, episode 2
Now free from smoking tobacco, he realizes it well: the stress is there anyway, and cigarettes are far from helping to alleviate it. Quite the contrary. With it, we don’t breathe any better: we inhale thousands of toxic and carcinogenic substances, which block our arteries and greatly impair our respiratory abilities.
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The business manager now takes his breaks with an electronic cigarette. Gradually, the latter allowed him to completely detach himself from cigarettes, even though he did not initially want to.. “Smoking suits me well”he said in the past, “I’ll see later”.
In the end, like many other ex-smokers, vaping convinced him… despite himself. He found in it everything he appreciated about his traditional cigarette (the gestures, the simulated smoke, the social side, etc.), the pleasure of aromas more, the dangers of combustion less.
“I quickly recovered my breath, I recovered a lot of taste too. And, within a few days, my sense of smell returned. Only positive »
– Testimony from Christophe in “Doctor, I stopped!”, episode 2
The rest, Christophe Mazières does not see it without vaping for the moment. And not necessarily without nicotine either. For this business leader, vaping is not only an excellent weaning method. It is also a pleasurewhich he does not hope to have to deprive himself of in the future.
“For me it is the best smoking cessation tool. I see it in particular in the number of people who have switched to vaping around me and the good results obtained. I even recommended it to my colleagues: a few years ago, I offered a vaping device to smokers in my company. Of the 7 concerned, 2 stopped definitively, even though they were not at all in the process of stopping”
– Testimony from Christophe in “Doctor, I stopped!”, episode 2
In this episode 2 of “Doctor, I stopped!”, Christophe Mazières provides us with further proof of the effectiveness of vaping in stopping smoked tobacco [1]. Regardless of the motivation on the part of the person who wishes to quit smoking, vaping drastically increases the chances of being able to quit.
When, then, will there be official support from health institutions and the French government, through the Month Without Tobacco for example?!
“Doctor, I stopped!”, episode 2 in full
Find the full testimony of Christophe Mazières, but also the insights and advice of Doctor Gérald Kierzek in episode 2 of “Doctor, I stopped!”, available below from 21:00.
If the topic interests you, stay tuned! Many more episodes of this new Top Santé show are coming to the channel!
Notes
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