Health experts consider tobacco products to be very injurious to health. The researchers found that tobacco has a serious impact on the health of those who use it. Diseases caused by tobacco kill one million people globally. In India too it is one of the leading causes of death and disease. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the problems caused by tobacco are so serious that India loses 1 percent of its GDP in the treatment of these diseases.
From cancer, lung disease, heart disease, and stroke, tobacco use is affecting the body in many ways.
World No Tobacco Day is celebrated every year on 31 May to make people aware of tobacco-borne diseases and educate them about prevention. Let us know how tobacco products are harmful and what harm can it cause to health.
What do health experts say?
Health experts say, chewing tobacco or consuming it in the form of smoking, can be quite harmful for the body. Chewing tobacco can cause white or brown patches (leukoplakia) inside the mouth, which can lead to cancer. Apart from this, tobacco can lead to the risk of gum disease, tooth decay, and many serious diseases related to oral health. On the other hand, its consumption in the form of smoking can increase complications ranging from lung to heart diabetes.
Smoking can have many disadvantages
The FDA reports that cigarettes are responsible for the majority of all tobacco-related diseases and deaths in the United States. The smoke emanating from smoking contains a toxic mixture of more than 7,000 chemicals, inhaling which can be harmful to the body in many ways. Even in the era of Covid-19, many studies have emphasized that people who smoke may have a weakened immune system, making such people more prone to developing infections and serious diseases. Smoking is one of the major factors of lung cancer.
Tobacco and Gutkha are very harmful
Chewing tobacco can cause cancer in the cheeks, gums, and lips. Cancer caused by smokeless tobacco often begins as leukoplakia, in which a white patch develops inside the mouth or throat. More cases of this type of cancer have been reported in rural parts of India. Some chemicals contained in tobacco smoke and chewing tobacco are carcinogenic, meaning they can cause genetic changes in the cells of the oral cavity, which can lead to oral cancer.
What is the effect of quitting tobacco production?
Based on the study, researchers reported that within one year of quitting tobacco products, the risk of coronary heart disease is halved. Apart from this, there was a dramatic decrease in the risk of heart attack within a year in such people. Your risk of mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder cancer is cut in half within 5 years of quitting tobacco. The risk of cervical cancer in women is higher in smokers, it can be avoided by leaving tobacco cigarettes.
One of the biggest positive effects of quitting tobacco is on the body's immune system which helps protect you from the risks of many diseases.
(PC: Freepik)
