{"id":865,"date":"2017-05-26T13:05:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T13:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/?p=865"},"modified":"2024-12-31T10:31:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T10:31:02","slug":"smoking-is-injurious-to-health-myths-facts-and-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/lifestyle\/smoking-is-injurious-to-health-myths-facts-and-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSmoking is injurious to health\u201d \u2013 Myths, facts and risks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Myths<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u2022 Roll-your-own cigarettes are more natural than factory made ones (both are equally harmful)
\n\u2022 Air pollution is the cause of lung cancer and not cigarettes
\n\u2022 If you quit smoking, you will gain weight (with a good diet and exercise plan, you won\u2019t)
\n\u2022 Smoking a couple of cigarettes a day isn\u2019t harmful
\n\u2022 Cigarettes help people de-stress (it is the harmful substances in cigarettes that relaxes a smoker)
\n\u2022 Expensive cigarettes are not as harmful as cheaper ones or beedies
\n\u2022 Cigarettes are safer than chewing tobacco
\n\u2022 It is safe to smoke menthol, or low-tar cigarettes (smokers who use these tend to smoke more cigarettes)<\/p>\n

Facts<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u2022 A cigarette contains 4800 chemicals, 69 of which are cancer triggers
\n\u2022 One person dies every six seconds due to tobacco
\n\u2022 India has 12 crores of tobacco users (includes smokers and tobacco chewers)
\n\u2022 Every 9th Indian uses tobacco
\n\u2022 One third of those who die due to tobacco are children who have been exposed to passive smoke
\n\u2022 Medical costs of treating tobacco related diseases are about 90 crores a year<\/p>\n

Risks<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Smoking can increase the risk of-<\/strong><\/h2>\n

<\/center>– heart disease by 2 to 4 times
\n– Occurrence of a stroke by 2 to 4 times
\n– lung cancer in men by 25 times
\n– lung cancer in women by 25.7 times
\n– Smoking can damage blood vessels causing them to thicken and grow narrower
\n– Blockages can also reduce blood flow to legs and skin causing clots and numbness
\n– In asthmatics<\/a>, smoking can trigger an attack or make an attack worse
\n– Smokers are 12 to 13 times more likely to die from COPD than non-smokers
\n– It is more difficult for smokers to get pregnant
\n– Smoking during pregnancy (even passive smoke) could endanger the foetus
\n– Smoking can increase your risk for cataracts
\n– Smoking is a cause of rheumatoid arthritis<\/p>\n

On World Tobacco day – 31st May 2017\u2026 make a pledge to quit smoking or help someone quit!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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