Al-Thawra - Damascus - Adel Abdullah:
The World No Tobacco Day is celebrated on May 31 of each year, when the member states of the World Health Organization approved the World No Tobacco Day in 1987, an occasion that seeks to draw global attention to the negative and harmful effects of tobacco and smoking and its negative effects on public health and remind people of the dangers caused by smoking. Whether on the lives of individuals, or on the economic aspects of families and communities together, or even on forest resources and agricultural crops that are exposed to fire due to a tobacco roll thrown by a tamper, and to activate the measures to control and control this dangerous epidemic.
Dr. Rima Ibrahim, a specialist in chest diseases in the General Authority of Damascus Hospital, confirmed to Al-Thawra that smoking is responsible for 6-8 million deaths annually around the world and harms most of the body’s systems, leaving an impact on its mechanism of work, and thus weakening the structure of the body, causing several diseases, some of which lead to the loss of life. (Death).
She indicated that smoking is the main cause of lung cancer, as 90% of lung tumor patients are smokers, and currently lung tumors are the first cause of death in men and the second cause in women among other tumors that affect both sexes. It is also a major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and reduces the function of The lungs thus limit activity and cause disability and inability to work
She noted that smoking in all its forms (regular and electronic cigarettes, pipes, hookah, hookah...) is toxic and harmful to public health. Hence, everyone must help spread the culture of quitting smoking and its harm to our health, the health of our children, and the health of those around us. It takes courage and determination with determination, Will, and implementation.
Dr. Ibrahim pointed out that smoking is a predisposing factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and a major factor in lung and laryngeal cancer, and smokers are more susceptible to infection, viral and bacterial vision, due to the weakness of their immune system that predisposes to the transformation of latent tuberculosis in smokers into active and effective tuberculosis, and affects fertility. In women and men, the risk of developing diabetes, gastric ulcers and Alzheimer’s disease increases, as studies indicate that a large proportion of Alzheimer’s patients are smokers.