The number of people who die from smoking is increasing day by day due to the excessive use of cigarettes. This number is too high for passive smokers. Especially children who are exposed to tobacco smoke fight many diseases and deaths due to respiratory tract infections caused by secondhand smoke. It has been reported that 65,000 children around the world die before the age of 5 due to second-hand smoke each year.
According to the research conducted on February 9, World Smoking Cessation Day, tobacco products are among the leading causes of preventable diseases such as lung cancer, cancers, cardiovascular diseases, COPD, and premature death.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS DAMAGE THE HEALTH OF THE REACHES
Tobacco products harm not only the health of the user, but also the health of those around them. According to the data of the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 8 million people die every year due to tobacco use in the world. 1.2 million of these deaths occur as a result of exposure to tobacco smoke.
HALF OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO CIGARETTE SMOKE
According to WHO estimates, about half of the children in the world are exposed to tobacco smoke, and every year 65,000 children die before the age of 5 due to respiratory infections caused by secondhand smoke.
In order to prevent health problems and deaths caused by passive smoking, it is important not to use tobacco products in private homes and cars as well as in closed areas open to the public.
ALL TOBACCO PRODUCTS ARE HARMFUL TO HEALTH
In addition to cigarettes, cigars and pipes, products such as electronic cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and hookahs are also offered by the tobacco industry in order to maintain tobacco addiction and prevent a decrease in consumption.
All these products cause many preventable chronic diseases, especially cancer, such as cigarettes, deterioration of health and loss of quality of life. The total economic loss due to the use of tobacco products, which harms both the individual and the national economy, is estimated to be 1.4 trillion dollars annually.
TOBACCO INCREASES THE RISK OF catching COVID-19
It is known that the use of tobacco products harms the immune system, impairs the defense mechanism of the lungs in general, and increases the risk of developing lung and upper respiratory tract infections.
Scientific studies show that tobacco use increases the risk of contracting COVID-19 and a severe course of the disease. In tobacco users, the risk of death due to pneumonia and different complications due to Kovid-19 increases.
It’s not too late to quit tobacco
Tobacco use is a risk factor for Covid-19, damaging almost every organ in the body and causing many preventable diseases, disability and premature death.