The purpose of celebrating World No Tobacco Day around the world, including in Pakistan, is to raise awareness about the dangers to human health and its harmful effects. On 31st May, seminars, walks and various anti-smoking seminars are organized by the Department of Health and various social organizations in all the small and big cities of Pakistan as well as all over the world. Inform According to global health experts, smoking is the second leading cause of death worldwide after hypertension. You would be surprised to know that over one billion people worldwide are addicted to cigarettes and tobacco.
According to the World Health Organization, one person dies every six seconds due to smoking and smoking worldwide, thus 6 million people worldwide die every year due to smoking. Of these, more than 600,000 are non-smokers who are exposed to the harmful fumes due to their presence in the smoking environment. In Pakistan, India, the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia, the number of smokers is increasing rapidly and the main reason for this increase is the youth of these countries.
Cigarettes, pipes, cigars, glass and tobacco consumption such as betel leaf, challah, etc. and all the habits of sniffing tobacco are extremely dangerous. The nicotine in cigarettes gets on a person's nerves in such a way that he can't live without smoking. The nicotine in tobacco increases the levels of chemicals in the brain, such as dopamine and endorphins, which can lead to addiction. These chemicals arouse feelings of pleasure or amusement, which triggers the body to crave tobacco products. It is very difficult for any individual to give up these habits because lack of nicotine in the body leads to anxiety, restlessness, anxiety, depression and lack of attention.
Smoking slowly begins to damage various parts of the body and the affected person is unaware of the damage done to them for many years, and by the time these harms begin to become apparent, the body becomes addicted to tobacco. He is completely used to it, and it is very difficult to get rid of it. According to research, tobacco and its fumes contain about 4,000 chemicals, of which about 250 are found to be extremely harmful to human health, and contain more than 50 chemicals that can cause cancer. Nosh suffers from respiratory diseases.
These include bronchitis (COPD) and emphysema. Epilepsy is an increase in air-space in the lungs, which can lead to severe breathing difficulties and the risk of infection, pneumonia. In this condition, the lung tissue is permanently damaged, causing the patient to develop severe cough and asthma symptoms.
Smoking greatly increases the risk of heart attack. Smokers have twice the risk of heart disease than the average person. Tobacco smoke causes hardening of the arteries, thus stopping the blood supply to the heart, muscle which leads to heart attack. Smoking also reduces the blood supply to the brain and increases the risk of a hemorrhagic, stroke in which the blood vessels in the brain rupture.
The most serious and dangerous cause of smoking is the lungs. About 90% of people with lung diseases are current or former smokers. The more cigarettes you smoke, the higher your risk of developing lung cancer. Women who smoke are also more likely to get breast cancer. Similarly, smoking causes cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, stomach, liver, bladder, pancreas and kidney. Like smokers, their homes and co-workers are at increased risk for these diseases due to cigarette smoke.
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