Smoking causes disease from head to toe

Tobacco is responsible for about 30% of cancer deaths and a host of other diseases.

Cigarettecauses about 25 different diseases in humanssmoke, including many dangerous diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and affects reproductive health.

Smoking in pregnant women causes serious effects on the health of both mother and fetus. The main diseases caused by tobacco are: lung cancer, emphysema, hair loss, cataracts.

Tobacco is also one of the main causes of non-communicable diseases. Specifically, worldwide, tobacco causes 90% of lung cancer cases, 75% of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cases and 25% of ischemic heart disease cases. It is estimated that tobacco is the cause of about 30% of cancer deaths.

Secondhand smoke (inhaling smoke from a burning cigarette or smoke exhaled by a smoker) is just as harmful as smoking. Secondhand smoke contains thousands of chemicals, at least 250 of which are carcinogenic or toxic.

Passive smoking can cause many dangerous diseases in both adults and children. In adults, passive smoking causes lung cancer, cardiovascular diseases, breast cancer, coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, causes respiratory irritation symptoms, increases the risk of premature birth and low birth weight...

In children, passive smoking can cause respiratory infections, asthma, otitis media, sudden infant death syndrome, poor lung function development and increase the risk of many other diseases./.