Did you know that, according to the Ministry of Health, every year in Italy over 93,000 dead related to tobacco smoke? Well, yes, Tobacco is responsible for more deaths than alcohol, AIDS, drugs, traffic accidents, homicides and suicides combined. Alarming data, including taking into account the fact that amount more and more young smokers. In our country, between the ages of 13 and 15, one in five smokes every day. 18% use e-cigarettesare often perceived as less harmful than traditional cigarettes. But it is not.
Electronic Cigarette
There Electronic Cigarette in recent years it has become widespread among smokers, who often choose it to limit the use of regular smokers. But what is yours impact on health? “THEN available data indicate that unfavorable foods both from a safety and public health standpoint,” he explains. Silvano Gallusresearcher AIRK Foundation at the Institute for Pharmacological Research Mario Negri IRCCS in Milan. In a recent study conducted at the University of Southern California, researchers evaluated biological effects of e-cigarette usetaking into account any previous exposure to tobacco smoke. Results published in the journal Scientific reportsthey showed that gene expression people who use electronic cigarettes (e-cig) e those who smoke regular cigarettes are very similar. Instead, this expression changes in relation to those who have never used tobacco at all. This is likely due to as yet unknown chemicals present in both e-cigarette vapor and cigarette smoke.
Lungs’ cancer
Smoking causes about 85-90% of lung cancers.and an increased risk of cancers of the mouth and throat, pancreas, colon, bladder, kidney, esophagus, breast, especially in young women, and certain types of leukemia. According to ISTAT, in Italy smokers 10.4 million, nearly 20 percent of the population is over 14 years of age. On the other hand, 11.8 million (22.6%) people can boast the title former smokerbecause they have been able to quit for at least a year. Smoking was once a quintessentially male habit, but the gap between the two sexes in this regard continues to shrink: men smoke less and less, while the proportion of smokers is increasing, especially at a young age (Source Airc Foundation).
To keep healthy
OUR good reasons to quit smoking and everyone can find the most compelling reasons for making the right decision and maintaining faith in it. Cause more importantdefinitely belongs keep your health. The health risks of smoking are not limited to oncology. Smoking contributes to pathology heart, blood vessels and lungs: all diseases that not only potentially shorten life, but also worsen its quality, sometimes creating situations of serious disability.
Take care of the health of those around you
When a person smokes, 4,500 chemicals are inhaled by those around him, of which more than 60 are carcinogenic. The effect of the combination of these substances causes, in people normally exposed to secondhand smoke, risk cancer and cardiovascular disease above average: The AIRC Foundation has calculated that non-smokers who live or work with a smoker who does not quit when he lights a cigarette are 25% more likely to develop lung cancer or heart disease than those who are not exposed to secondhand smoke.
Feeling of psychological freedom
Smoking creates addiction as well as other substances (drugs and alcohol). The fact that it is more socially acceptable does not changepsychological effect which it evokes in those who live it. Many people were able to break free from this habit only when they realized the feeling of bondage that tobacco triggered (needing to stop work to quit smoking, anxiety about running out of cigarettes, and having to leave the house at unexpected times to find them).
Improve your appearance
A heavy smoker is also recognized by external signs unpleasant: yellow teeth As well as bad breath, nicotine spots on fingers. Also there leather he suffers because the poisons of the smoke reduce oxygenation. This contributes to the appearance wrinkles and speed up skin aging. The harmful effects of smoking also affect the hair. A smoker’s hair tends to be more brittle and dull than that of a person who leads a life without cigarettes. The reason for this is the vasoconstrictive effect of smoking, which reduces the oxygenation of the scalp.
Source: Elle