The numerous studies conducted demonstrate the connection between smoking and some diseases. Smoking is a major cause of coronary heart disease and is responsible for about 20% of deaths due to this disease.
Male smokers with coronary heart disease have a 60-70% higher mortality rate than non-smokers, and female smokers have a higher risk of coronary heart disease than non-smokers, the risk being 10 times higher if they also use oral contraceptives at the same time.
Sudden death from coronary heart disease is 2-4 times more likely to occur in young smokers than in non-smokers. Patients with a history of acute myocardial infarction who do not quit smoking have a higher mortality rate than those who quit.
Smoking is also an important cause of cerebrovascular diseases, being responsible for 18% of the causes of death by cerebrovascular accident.
Smoking is also the most important risk factor in atherosclerosis obliterans, as “arteritis” of the lower limbs is known, which often leads to amputation. Although it is not a risk factor for hypertension, hypertensive smokers often have an evolution towards malignant hypertension and death.
The main cause of lung cancer is smoking, studies show that the risk of the disease in men who smoke a pack of cigarettes a day is 10 times higher than in non-smokers, and in those who smoke 2 packs a day 25 times. Lung cancer cases are also increasing in women. Other forms of cancer are also caused by smoking, such as cancer of the larynx, mouth, esophagus, or bladder.
Smoking is a risk factor in pancreatic and kidney cancer, there are also associations with gastric cancer, uterine cancer and myeloid leukemia. Gastric and duodenal ulcers are more common in smokers, causing more deaths in male smokers than non-smokers.
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Smoking can delay conception, and smoking during pregnancy can affect the development of the fetus. Newborns of smoking mothers have, on average, 170 g less than those of non-smoking mothers. Pregnant women who smoke have an increased risk of spontaneous abortion and fetal death. Also, smoking during pregnancy can affect the physical and mental development of the child.
REMEMBER!
Passive smoking is a reality and it is proven that it causes lung cancer in non-smokers. Smoking in the family often causes acute respiratory diseases in children and can be a cause of coronary heart disease.
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