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The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
Snuff smoke in the environment can seriously affect the health of , According to a report published in the latest issue of “Circulation.”
It is a paradox, maybe one of the largest in the history of mankind. The epidemic is claiming more deaths in the world-more than AIDS, wars, genocides, that is tolerated and encouraged by most governments around the world: it is smoking. Ten thousand people die each day because of cigarette smoke. It has been known for nearly a century that snuff kills, and not a day that goes by that does not appear that a new scientific study adds more evidence of the ravages of health ..
An important part of the paradox is that cigarette smoke, besides being bad for those who spend a percentage of your salary in it also hurts those who have to swallow it in spite of lack of legislation establishing a modicum of respect for the non-smoking and health policy to promote social education.
The figures speak for themselves. In the latest research carried out with passive smoking, which was just published in the latest issue of Circulation, has shown that after a non-smoker spends a half hour in a room where there’s smoke snuff, its stores of antioxidants (including vitamin C) down to a minimum. These are substances that protect, among other things, the arteries do not form plaques (causes of cardiovascular disease). Read the rest of this entry »
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Dangers of snuff smoke
An hour breathing in an atmosphere full of snuff smoke equivalent to smoking 3 cigarettes .
Children, pregnant women, the elderly and those with heart or respiratory problems are most in need to avoid living or working in environments with smoke snuff.
Children living in environments with smoke snuff are more likely to develop respiratory infections such as pneumonia, bronchitis, bronchiolitis and asthma, acute otitis well, childhood caries and sudden infant death.
Pregnant women should avoid smoky environments of snuff, as it negatively affects the health of the fetus.
Chemicals that cause cancer and found in environments with smoke snuff. Read the rest of this entry »
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Stop Smoking
Smoking is a major cause of preventable death in our country. Quitting smoking is becoming easier thanks to different methods of putting the market at our disposal. Although at first it difficult to abandon this habit is gaining health and quality of life. Just define a plan to do, force of will and be clear about your goal: to stop smoking.
Smoking is the main reason why our body develops a number of diseases such as bronchitis, lung or esophageal cancer and heart disease. For women, smoking increases the risk for these diseases, in addition to developing heart attacks and osteoporosis. Snuff smoke not only affects those who smoke but to those around him are particularly vulnerable children and pregnant women.
The most important thing to consider smoking cessation is that it can be done overnight. The body of people who smoke are accustomed to that habit, and it is unlikely that it disappears without more, is very important that the willpower of the person concerned. Support from the people around them is essential.
In the market we can find gum, nicotine patches and sprays that have to be combined with psychological support to be effective. These treatments have cost about 70 euros. You can also go to the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) which provides free therapies Read the rest of this entry »
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The practice of sport prevents smoking in adolescents
Smoking is an addiction on the rise among adolescents, and in contrast to this habit that damages health, increases the number of adolescent sedentary and decays the number of young physically active.
This looks like a clash between good and bad habits factors for health, is what is found in a study that evaluated young people between 13 and 18 years in various Spanish cities.
Although sport and physical activity do not reduce the dangers of smoking, sport and snuff consumption is intimately related, according to results of such research.
Were analyzed about 3,000 adolescents from schools in the cities of Granada, Madrid, Murcia, Santander and Zaragoza.
Young people had to answer a questionnaire about their habits and its subsequent analysis shows that 59.2% of adolescents are physically inactive, which far exceeds the percentage in males compared to females (71.1% and 46.7% respectively .)
With respect to smoking, 15% of youth are regular smokers, addiction being slightly higher among women.
By associating physical exercise with the use of snuff was a clear correlation, and that 80.9% of physically inactive adolescents who reported not smoking.
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Dangers of smoking for women
As discussed earlier smoking is bad for your health and generates no reason to quit. In women, the cigar presents additional problems. In women, smoking can cause:
1 – Premature Menopause
2 – Increased risk of hip fracture
3 – worse health problems of diabetes
4 – Reduces fertility is harder to get pregnant
5 – In Beauty: smokers show signs of faster vejes looks dull skin, wrinkles faster, there are wrinkles around the mouth and stains your teeth, fingers and nails.
Problems with pregnancy
Pregnant women who smoke have more risk of:
1 – Placenta previa.
2 – Abruptio placentae. This can cause premature birth, stillbirth, and infant death.
3 – Premature birth of the baby.
4 – A baby of low birth weight.
5 – Damage to the developing baby’s lungs.
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Compelling reasons for not smoking
Is it bad to smoke? o Is it just propaganda? One in 5 women in the U.S. smoke despite all government efforts to raise awareness about the dangers of this vice. In Latin America, the statistics are better but many women live surrounded by absorbing snuff smoking even during pregnancy.
Why is it important to quit smoking
There are many reasons to quit smoking these are a few:
Smoking causes health problems:
1 – Smoking increases the risk of several types of cancer, lung cancer being the most common but also increases the risk of other cancers such as cancer of the throat, mouth, larynx, esophagus, pancreas, kidney, bladder, cervix, stomach and leukemia, or blood cancer.
2 – Increased risk of serious pulmonary problems such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, bronchitis and pneumonia.
3 – Health Issues in the heart and arteries such as aortic aneurysms, atherosclerosis, or hardening and narrowing of the arteries and increases the organism’s tendency to form blood clots.
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