Thread by @WHO

New Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco launched today aims to help 1.3 billion🌐tobacco users quit.
Saying #NoTobacco🚭is more important than ever as evidence reveals smokers are more vulnerable than non-smokers to have severe outcomes from #COVID19

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The Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco gives people free access to Florence, a digital health worker, based on artificial intelligence that dispels myths around #COVID19 & tobacco and helps people develop a personalized plan to achieve #NoTobacco 🚭

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Access to nicotine patches, gums & professional advice are🔑to achieve #NoTobacco🚭
60% of tobacco users want to quit but only 30% have access to supportive tools. The Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco aims to deliver the tools that ppl need to quit
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Jordan 🇯🇴, which has some of the highest tobacco use rates in the🌐, will be the first pilot country to receive nicotine replacement therapies. To help over 5000 smokers in the country say #NoTobacco🚭, 37800 nicotine patches will be distributed.

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Quitting Tobacco is hard, but if you persevere & overcome the 3 challenges to quitting...:
• addiction to nicotine
• emotional connections
• behaviorual & social connections
...you can start leading a healthier life today & reduce your risk of #COVID19

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Believe in yourself - you're more powerful than your tobacco addiction. Speak to Florence, WHO's digital health worker for advice on how to quit tobacco today.

It's time to say #NoTobacco 🚭

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Have the confidence to say #NoTobacco 🚭:
1⃣Take it one day at a time
2⃣Have role models that were successful in quitting & practice their behaviours
3⃣Look at each quit attempt as bringing you closer to success
4⃣Have a positive mood towards quitting

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