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Accompany them to appointments: Offer to accompany your loved one to medical appointments, providing moral support and assistance with any necessary arrangements

This is a personal decision you have to make and if you are in control of your habit, as we suggest throughout this magazine, or have progressed from habit to free choice, your ultimate preference as to filtering (or not filtering at all) of an occasional cigarette probably has more to do with taste and smoking comfort than nicotine intake

After my carton, I am quitting

Whether virtual or in-person, support groups may help you quit smoking and are available everywhere

Heres why: Filtered cigarettes burn slower, allowing more time for the coal to smolder, which triggers the formation of more toxic components

A doctor advises the patient, nurses provide support and follow-up, there are consultations with psychologists and sometimes with psychiatrists, says Susana Simes