Smoking and Coronavirus: a fatal combination

Smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease and death not only in the United States but also in Brazil. The current mortality perspective from cigarette use in developed and developing countries is 6 million.

According to the Johns Hopkins University balance sheet on 06/17/2020, the world has more than 445,000 deaths from the coronavirus.

So, when we analyze the hyperbolic numbers, we see that the world is affected by two pandemics and one of them, the largest, favors the worsening of the infection and the transmission of the virus from...

According to Botvin (2004) and Sloboda (2004), there is empirical evidence that prevention programs, such as Life Skills, based on knowledge, identification of risk factors and development of psychosocial skills related to drugs are more effective. One of the examples of the use of the life skills model for the prevention of the use of psychoactive substances, with greater success and application time, is the work of more than 20 years carried out by Botvin and collaborators, from Cornell University, United States. With the school as its stage of action, the program called Life Skills Training...

Life skills are capacities for positive adaptive behavior, which enable us to effectively negotiate the demands and challenges of everyday life. They involve personal skills that will enhance interpersonal relationships. The WHO suggests that programs be developed to reduce risk behaviors and increase physical and mental health care. Adolescents are a special population for these programs, due to their greater vulnerability.

The life skills model consists of favoring the development of a set of ten competencies, being grouped into categories that complement each other: social and...

Adolescence is one of the most important periods of people's lives. This phase of human development, in which the child becomes an adult, delimits the potential for psychological growth of the individual. Depending on how one structures oneself psychologically, the adolescent can become a successful or failed adult.

Adolescence is also characterized by being a period in which there are greater possibilities for adolescents to experience new and, precisely because they are new, attractive. This makes them more vulnerable to exhibiting behaviors that endanger their health.

The most frequent...

New classes are being opened for the online course Parents in Prevention,which aims to help families, health professionals and guardians of children and adolescents to prevent drug use.

It is an introductory training with a workload of 20 hours, which entitles to a certificate of completion issued by SEDS / EDESP and is offered online through a distance learning platform, via the Internet.

The course is structured in video lessons and allows interaction through a field of comments and questions that are answered by text messages.

100% ONLINE AND 100% FREE COURSE

Online course divided...

Fundação do Câncer, ACT, AMB, SBPT e outras instituições da área de saúde divulgam nota sobre pesquisa francesa que defende o uso da nicotina no combate ao novo coronavírus e lançam campanha #VapeVicia para alertar que fumantes, usuários de cigarros eletrônicos e narguilés têm quadro agravado quando contaminados pelo COVID-19.

A Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) alerta para ampliação do risco de contágio por COVID-19 entre fumantes, usuários de cigarros eletrônicos e narguilés. Embora as pesquisas sobre o assunto ainda sejam recentes, análise das mortes entre pacientes chineses com...

*Por Dr. Mário Sérgio Sobrinho

O uso de drogas, entre elas, o álcool, é assunto mundialmente importante, tanto que a Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU), ao definir os “17 Objetivos para Transformar nosso Mundo”, considerou essencial “assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar, em todas as idades” fixando como uma das ações importantes “reforçar a prevenção e o tratamento do abuso de substâncias, incluindo o abuso de drogas entorpecentes e uso nocivo do álcool.[1]”

Especificamente em relação à prevenção ao uso do álcool e diante da necessidade de a população permanecer...

This is a stressful time. You have to take care of yourself in order to support your children.

You're not alone

Millions of people have the same fears as us. Look for someone you can talk to about how you're feeling. Listen to them. Avoid social media that can make you feel panicked.

Pause to relax

We all need a break once in a while. When your kids are asleep, do something fun and relaxing for you. Make a list of healthy activities that YOU like to do. You deserve it!

Listen to your Children

Be open and listen to your children. They will seek you in search of comfort and support. Listen...

All children eventually misbehide. This is normal when they are tired, hungry, afraid, or learning to be more independent. And they can drive you crazy when they're trapped in the house!

Redirect

• Notice each bad behavior in advance and redirect your children's attention from bad to good behavior.
• Stop before it starts! When they start to get restless, you can distract them with something interesting or fun: "Let's take a walk!"

Stop for a moment

• Are you about to freak out? Give yourself 10 seconds. Inhale and exhale paused five times. Then try to react more calmly.
• Millions of...

COVID-19 messed up our daily work routine, at home and at school. This is difficult for children, teenagers and also for you. Creating new routines can help.

Create a firm but flexible daily routine

• Set up a schedule for you and your kids with time for planned activities and also free time. This can help children feel safer and behave better.
• Children or adolescents can help plan the routine of the day – how to make a school timesheet.
• They'll follow this better if they help them do it.

Teach children how to keep safe distances

• If everything is OK in your nation, take the kids for...