31/05/2021
To***co, the herb which was known for its medicinal properties has now become the deadliest substance in the world. It is the single greatest cause of preventable mortality and morbidity. Our country sees one million deaths per year. Around 90 million Indians are left diseased and 270 million people are living in distress owing to the consumption of to***co.
It leads to disease and disability and harms nearly every organ of the body.
ON BRAIN :
To***co increases the risk of stroke and this risk increases with the amount smoked.
ON LUNGS:
The smoke contains substances which directly damage the lung .
This causes chronic cough and shortness of breath, eventually leading to Emphysema and Bronchitis.
It is also a known fact that smoking increases the risk of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and can kill an Individual due to lung carcinoma.
ON HEART :
To***co lowers one’s good cholesterol and increases the stiffness of the blood vessels, thereby promoting the risk of blood clots in the heart. Ni****ne is known to increase the blood pressure of the individual. The users, therefore, are at five times a higher risk of heart attack than non-smokers.
ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH :
MALE FERTILITY:
It reduces fertility by causing male impotence. It produces malformed sperms, reduces the number and decreases its motility .
ON THE FEMALE FERTILITY:
It takes longer for the woman to conceive if she is a smoker.
IN PREGNANT FEMALES: To***co is known to produce spontaneous abortion, still births, preterm babies and low birth weight babies. It is also known to produce foetal malformation.
CANCERS:
Smoke increases the risk of cancers of Head and Neck, Oesophagus, Stomach, Pancreas, Liver, Kidney, Ureter, Urinary bladder, Uterus, Cervix and Bone Marrow. The chewable form increases the cancers of the Oral cavity, Oesophagus and Pancreas.
It is time that we rise to this alarming situation and understand its further consequences if the younger generations are not warned.
Let us commit to quit!
***co ***coday
