Statistics show that, at present, the world's annual 1.4 million people died of cancer caused by cigarettes, an average of every 5 cases of death due to cancer in 1 case is caused by cigarettes. Together with smoking-induced cardiovascular disease and lung disease, cigarettes claim the lives of 5 million people worldwide every year. And experts estimate that this number is still on the rise.
Officials from the World Health Organization and the American Cancer Society warned on the 10th that, according to the current momentum, cigarettes are likely to claim 1 billion lives in the 21st century, and the number of deaths will be 10 times that of the 20th century.
The World Health Organization said on the report: cigarette consumption is the cause of 4.9 million deaths per year at present. That number will rise to 8.4 million by 2020 if no control measures are taken. Seventy percent of them are in developing countries. According to the report, cigarette consumption will continue to grow in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, decrease in Western Europe and remain stable in the United States. But overall cigarettes continue to be a growing threat to public health, as the number of young smokers in developing countries continues to grow.
In some countries, 60% of 13- to 15-year-olds smoke regularly, with more boys among smokers in countries such as Russia, Bolivia and Chile, and more girls smoking in Ukraine and Argentina. Children are the most vulnerable because a person's habit often begins at a young age, making them a target for tobacco companies. Worldwide, 15 billion packs of cigarettes are consumed annually, and the countries with the largest percentage of national cigarette consumption are Spain, Switzerland, Belarus, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Greece. Gender-wise, the majority of smokers are male citizens; there are 1 billion male smokers in the world, 300 million of whom are in China.
Judith McKay, senior policy adviser at the World Health Organization, said, "If we start anti-smoking actions now, we can save 2 million lives by 2020; and by 2040, we can save 6.5 million lives." 2.The death rate from smoking. Every 10 seconds, one person in the world dies at the hands of a "cigarette". This is not sensationalism, it is a figure published by the World Health Organization. The incidence rate of lung cancer is 10.8 times higher for smokers than for non-smokers; the annual mortality rate of lung cancer is 12.8/100,000 for non-smokers; 95.2/100,000 for those who smoke less than 10 cigarettes a day; and 235.4/100,000 for those who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day, which is 18.4 times higher than that of non-smokers. 3. I. Smoking addiction (1) Nicotine is a highly addictive substance in tobacco, and its addictiveness is second only to heroin and cocaine. Once the human body inhales nicotine, it can quickly enter the lungs and brain. Nicotine is addictive by altering certain work pathways in the brain, causing smokers to crave it.
(2) The addictive nature of nicotine makes it difficult for adult smokers to quit. Teenagers are even more sensitive to nicotine, and its powerful addictive properties cause a large number of teenagers to gradually become daily smokers.
(3) The World Health Organization (WHO) clearly states that tobacco dependence is a chronic addictive disease.
ii. Smoking causes cancer. (1) The cancers that can be caused by smoking are almost all over the body, including lung cancer, oral cancer and nasopharyngeal malignant tumor, laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, renal cancer, bladder cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, colon and rectal cancer, and acute leukemia.
(2) If a cancer patient continues to smoke after being diagnosed, it is more likely to lead to smoking-related secondary cancerous lesions, as well as an increased risk of death,
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Top Ten Benefits of Quitting Smoking
You'll get the following top ten benefits:
(1) People who quit smoking live longer than those who continue to smoke. In general, people who quit smoking before the age of 50 will have a 50% lower risk of dying within the next 15 years than those who continue to smoke.
(2) The relative risk of lung cancer in smokers is 10-15 times higher than in non-smokers. And after a smoker quits smoking for 10 years, his risk of lung cancer will be 30% to 50% lower than that of a continuing smoker.
(3) Quitting smoking also reduces the risk of smokers developing laryngeal, oral, esophageal, pancreatic, bladder, and many other cancers.
(4) Smokers are twice as likely to die from coronary heart disease as non-smokers. Within one year after a smoker quits, this risk is reduced by 50%. After 15 years of abstinence, the risk is close to that of a never-smoker.
(5) Smokers have twice the relative risk of dying from stroke compared to never smokers. Some smokers can reduce this risk to the level of never smokers within 5 years of quitting, while others need to persist for 15 years to receive this effect. (6) Smoking is a major cause of lung disease. A person who quits smoking reduces the risk of colds, pneumonia, and bronchitis, and the decline in lung function that occurs with age will occur at a rate close to that of a never-smoker.
(7) You won't cause family conflict by smoking after quitting, and you can save a ton of money 10 years after quitting. You won't be fined for smoking in public ****ing places.
(8) Smoking by pregnant women makes the death rate of fetus and baby 25-50% higher than normal non-smokers, and the birth weight of babies is on average 200 grams below normal. These adverse effects can usually be altered if smoking cessation begins 4 months before pregnancy.
(9) Quit smoking will be more able to concentrate on study and work, so that your face looks moist and shiny. Make your sense of smell and taste more sensitive, eating will be more flavorful.
(10) After quitting smoking, you will never go anywhere with a smell of cigarettes, and you will never let your family, friends, and coworkers eat "second-hand smoke", compared to smokers, you will look more elegant, more elegant, more elegant, and more elegant.