Why should we ban smoking?

1. Why ban smoking? Many people may think so about this question, so I went online to search for information. However, this set of data released by the World Health Organization. Very shocking. I finally understand why the country strongly supports the smoking ban by looking at a set of big data. According to the health organization. The number of people dying from smoking will reach 1 billion.

Statistics show that currently, 1.4 million people around the world die from cancer caused by cigarettes every year. On average, 1 in every 5 cancer deaths is caused by cigarettes. Together with the cardiovascular and lung diseases caused by smoking, cigarettes kill 5 million people around the world every year. 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 based on the current development momentum, cigarettes are likely to take away 1 billion lives in the 21st century, and the death toll will be more than that of the 20th century. 10 times.

The World Health Organization said in a report: Cigarette consumption is currently responsible for 4.9 million deaths every year. If no control measures are taken, this number will rise to 8.4 million by 2020. 70% of them are in developing countries. According to report statistics, 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 are still increasingly becoming a major threat to public health, as the number of young smokers in developing countries continues to grow.

In some countries, 60-year-olds aged 13-15 often smoke. In Russia, Bolivia, Chile and other countries, more boys smoke, while in Ukraine and Argentina, more girls smoke. Children are the most vulnerable because a person's habit often begins at a young age, making them a target for tobacco companies. 15 billion packs of cigarettes are consumed every year in the world. The countries with the largest proportion of cigarettes consumed by their citizens are Spain, Switzerland, Belarus, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Greece. In terms of gender, most of the smokers are male citizens. There are 1 billion male smokers in the world, 300 million of them in China.

Judith McKay, senior policy adviser to the World Health Organization, said: "If we start anti-smoking action now, we can save 2 million lives by 2020; by 2040 , we could save 6.5 million lives." 2. Smoking mortality. Every 10 seconds, someone in the world dies at the hands of cigarettes. This is not sensational, this is the number released by the World Health Organization. The incidence of lung cancer is 10.8 times that of 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 95.2/100,000 for those who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day. It was 235.4/100,000, 18.4 times higher than that of non-smokers. 3. The dangers of smoking. 1. 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 changing certain working pathways in the brain, causing smokers to crave it.

(2) The addictive nature of nicotine makes it difficult for adult smokers to quit smoking. Teenagers are more sensitive to nicotine, and its powerful addictive properties make a large number of teenagers gradually become daily smokers.

(3) The World Health Organization (WHO) clearly states that tobacco dependence is a chronic addictive disease.

2. Smoking causes cancer. (1) Cancers caused by smoking can be found almost all over the body, including lung cancer, oral cancer and nasopharyngeal malignant tumors, laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, Colon and rectal cancer, acute leukemia, etc.

(2) If cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed, they are more likely to develop secondary cancer lesions related to smoking, and the risk of death increases,

and so on.

Ten benefits of quitting smoking

You will get the following ten benefits:

(1) People who quit smoking live longer than those who continue to smoke.

Generally speaking, people who quit smoking before the age of 50 have a 50% lower risk of death in the next 15 years than those who continue to smoke.

(2) The relative risk of lung cancer for smokers is 10-15 times that of non-smokers. And 10 years after a smoker quits smoking, his risk of lung cancer will be 30 to 50 times lower than that of a person who continues to smoke.

(3) Quitting smoking will also reduce smokers’ risk of laryngeal cancer, oral cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer and other cancers.

(4) Smokers are twice as likely to die from coronary heart disease as never-smokers. Within a year after a smoker quits smoking, this risk will be reduced by 50%. After 15 years of quitting, the risk approaches that of a never-smoker.

(5) Compared with never smokers, smokers have twice the relative risk of dying from stroke. Some smokers can reduce this risk to the level of never-smokers within 5 years after quitting smoking, while some people need to persist for 15 years to achieve this effect. (6) Smoking is the main cause of lung diseases. When a person quits smoking, his or her risk of colds, pneumonia, and bronchitis is reduced, and lung function declines with age at a rate similar to that of a never-smoker.

(7) After quitting smoking, you will not cause family conflicts due to smoking. You can save a lot of money 10 years after quitting smoking. You won't be fined for smoking in public places.

(8) Pregnant women who smoke cause fetal and infant mortality rates to be 25-50% higher than those of normal non-smokers, and the average infant birth weight is 200 grams lower than the normal value. If you start quitting smoking 4 months before pregnancy, these adverse effects can usually be changed.

(9) After quitting smoking, you will be able to concentrate more on study and work, making your face moist and shiny. Make your sense of smell and taste more sensitive, and your food will taste more delicious.

(10) After quitting smoking, you will no longer carry the smell of cigarette smoke wherever you go, nor will you let your family, friends, and colleagues eat "second-hand smoke". Compared with smokers, you It will look more elegant, chic and graceful.