Nicotine addiction should be finally recognized as an addictive disease, with the consequence that the cost of diagnosis and treatment of this disease - particularly for smoking cessation in nicotine addicts - from the statutory health insurance (SHI) will be refunded. The call for the pulmonary doctors of the Federal Association of Pulmonologists (BdP) and the German Society for Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine (DGP), together with five other medical societies and associations (German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology, German Society for Addiction Research and Addiction Therapy, German Society of Addiction Medicine, German Heart Foundation, German Cancer Research Center, Research Action Group smoking cessation). "The tobacco dependence to be regarded as a disease is equivalent to that of alcohol and drug addiction," said Dr. Thomas Herring, Vice Chairman of the BdP and co-founder of an open letter to Health Minister Bahr, where these requirements are formulated in detail and explained in more detail.
= Smoking should not be trivialized as a lifestyle =
The health insurance companies relied far to pay, not for so-called lifestyle therapies need to be. "Smoking is a serious, morbid dependency and must not be trivialized insofar as a lifestyle," criticizes herring. "This would have proven medications for smoking cessation, its efficacy and cost effectiveness scientifically, with actual lifestyle pills - as they are offered as to incite and increase sexual potency or to improve hair growth - lumping"
= The quit smoking have been the victims in this country =
In other countries - such as Britain, Sweden and Finland - for smoking cessation therapies are long since paid for by health insurance. Finally, smoking the weightiest, preventable risk factor for more than 40 chronic diseases - especially lung diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer - dar. "In Germany, however, are weaning voluntary smoking, waiting to be paid from the cash-therapy, continue the victims, "complains herring. "A smoker who has not smoked a pack a day costs the drug for smoking cessation treatment for about four euros. While this is cheaper than a pack of cigarettes. On the other hand, many smokers believe that the available drugs for smoking cessation is not so can be particularly effective if the funds are not willing to reimburse them. Therefore, they prefer to see then go to the cigarette machine - this is a vicious circle! "
= Majority of tobacco-related complications could be avoided =
Undoubtedly occur in the reimbursement of smoking cessation nicotine-dependent smokers of the new cash costs - and about a million euros a day, just for drugs. Total would save cash but money, because it does a majority of tobacco-related diseases and deaths in this country, whose treatment was around 21 billion € per year could be avoided. "Phase-Prepare smokers and smokers therefore aims to ensure effective assistance is available for smoking cessation - in particular, behavioral interventions, possibly in combination with appropriate, supportive Nikotineratzmitteln or other drugs," write the experts and supporters of the initiative in your letter to Bahr.
Indeed, the Federal Joint Committee and recently (16.2.) And finally decided for the first time, to gradually convert existing recommendations in existing guidelines. "This is to be hoped now that get paid for smoking cessation willing in future also take drugs that will help them break free from their addiction," says Herring.
= Smoking should not be trivialized as a lifestyle =
The health insurance companies relied far to pay, not for so-called lifestyle therapies need to be. "Smoking is a serious, morbid dependency and must not be trivialized insofar as a lifestyle," criticizes herring. "This would have proven medications for smoking cessation, its efficacy and cost effectiveness scientifically, with actual lifestyle pills - as they are offered as to incite and increase sexual potency or to improve hair growth - lumping"
= The quit smoking have been the victims in this country =
In other countries - such as Britain, Sweden and Finland - for smoking cessation therapies are long since paid for by health insurance. Finally, smoking the weightiest, preventable risk factor for more than 40 chronic diseases - especially lung diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer - dar. "In Germany, however, are weaning voluntary smoking, waiting to be paid from the cash-therapy, continue the victims, "complains herring. "A smoker who has not smoked a pack a day costs the drug for smoking cessation treatment for about four euros. While this is cheaper than a pack of cigarettes. On the other hand, many smokers believe that the available drugs for smoking cessation is not so can be particularly effective if the funds are not willing to reimburse them. Therefore, they prefer to see then go to the cigarette machine - this is a vicious circle! "
= Majority of tobacco-related complications could be avoided =
Undoubtedly occur in the reimbursement of smoking cessation nicotine-dependent smokers of the new cash costs - and about a million euros a day, just for drugs. Total would save cash but money, because it does a majority of tobacco-related diseases and deaths in this country, whose treatment was around 21 billion € per year could be avoided. "Phase-Prepare smokers and smokers therefore aims to ensure effective assistance is available for smoking cessation - in particular, behavioral interventions, possibly in combination with appropriate, supportive Nikotineratzmitteln or other drugs," write the experts and supporters of the initiative in your letter to Bahr.
Indeed, the Federal Joint Committee and recently (16.2.) And finally decided for the first time, to gradually convert existing recommendations in existing guidelines. "This is to be hoped now that get paid for smoking cessation willing in future also take drugs that will help them break free from their addiction," says Herring.
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