Do you want to enjoy a long life in good health? If you smoke, you should stop smoking immediately. There are several reasons.
- Tobacco smoke leads to many diseases not only of the respiratory system, but also of bladder, mouth, pancreas
- National Health Test of Poles 2021 – the largest health survey on the Polish Internet shows that the percentage of active smokers of all tobacco products in Poland is 27%.
- Quitting the addiction completely is the only solution to eliminate the risk of disease, but data show that it is not easy
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Smoking is the most dangerous behavioral risk factor for the development of many serious diseases and one of the leading causes of premature death among adult Poles. It is harmful not only to smokers, but also to their relatives, who often involuntarily become passive smokers.
Many smokers still think that smoking only harms their respiratory system and that, for more serious diseases, they are primarily at risk of lung cancer. This is just the tip of the iceberg! Smoking can lead to the development of a number of different cancers, including the aforementioned lungs, but also, among others, cancer of the mouth, tongue, esophagus, larynx, pancreas, kidney or bladder.
In addition to cancer, this addiction can lead to respiratory diseases such as chronic bronchitis or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), as well as cardiovascular diseases – hypertension, coronary heart disease, heart attack or atherosclerosis. Smoking also significantly increases the risk of stroke.
Despite the evidently negative impact of tobacco smoke on our health, as shown by the Polish National Health Test 2021 – the largest health survey on the Polish Internet – the percentage of active smokers of all tobacco products in Poland is 27%, as shown by the MedTvoiLokony website. This means that almost every third person in our country has a problem with this addiction.
According to NTZP2021, 19 percent. Poles are considered compulsive smokers, while 8 percent. people use tobacco products occasionally, which, however, does not minimize the risk associated with smoking.
To eliminate this risk, there is only one solution – to quit the addiction completely, which – as the data shows, is not the simplest one. NTZP2021 indicates that among active smokers as many as 54 percent. tried to quit smoking but the process was unsuccessful. Some optimism is, however, the fact that 26 percent. smokers, although they have not yet tried to quit smoking, plans to do so in the future.
The text was published in the magazine «Give your lungs a chance» available online, where you can read about chronic lung diseases, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome or choosing the right inhaler.
See also:
- Smoking and civilization diseases
- Smoking damages the lungs. No matter how much you smoke
- You smoke? You have the best chance of falling ill with civilization diseases
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