70,000 Vietnamese people can die from cigarette smoke

With 15 million smokers and more than 4 million pipe smokers, Vietnam is among the top 'countries with the highest smoking rates in the world. It is estimated that in 2030 there could be 70,000 people dying from cigarette smoke.

According to Dr. Dang Huy Quoc Thinh, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Cancer Hospital, the latest research shows that cigarette smoke contains 7,000 chemical toxins, including hundreds of extremely toxic substances and at least 70 substances that can cause cancer. letter. When entering the body, toxins will affect the whole nervous system, blood vessels and endocrine causing cardiovascular diseases, memory loss and cancer.

Cigarette smoke is destroying human life.

Being aware of the dangers of smoking to public health, in the past years, Ho Chi Minh City in particular and the country in general are constantly propagating and encouraging people to "say no to cigarettes" . More than 1 year of smoking ban in public places comes into life but prohibits prohibition of smoking and smoking, images of people who "catch the year of the third year" are everywhere.

The consequences of smoking have led to a devastating number of 40,000 people dying each year (4 times higher than deaths due to traffic accidents). Only three diseases of tobacco smoke (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and myocardial infarction) account for thousands of billion dong of medical expenses each year. Is this a limitation of the 'campaign' to ban smoking in public?

According to Dr. Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the Medical Services Administration, 95.7% of the community are aware of the harmful effects of tobacco and 87% of people know about the harmful effects of passive tobacco.

However, there is still a gap between 'awareness and behavior' which is still too far ', and the number of smokers in the community has not changed much after many years of campaigning and propaganda. It is estimated that the number of people dying from smoking by 2030 will be up to 70,000 if there is no strong intervention from functional agencies and changes in people's behavior.