Detect 3000 more toxic substances in cigarette smoke

The Chief Surgeon Office (*) of the US Department of Health and Human Services has just announced on December 9 the General Report, stating the latest evidence of cigarette smoke that directly harms the muscle. The human potential is a direct cause of cancer, heart failure, lung disease and many other dangerous diseases, including fertility in both men and women.

The report emphasizes the need for urgent actions by the community and policy makers to protect people's health.

Reducing smoking is one of the most effective measures, needs to be done immediately, to improve public health and prevent diseases with the highest death rates and the most expensive treatment for society. . (Photo: Word Press).

Instant harm from smoking and inhaling smoke

The report concludes that tobacco manufacturers ' modifications ', such as filters, aromatics or chemical ingredients, actually only increase the addictive nature of tobacco . Cigarettes today even bring more nicotine to the brain, causing addiction to teenagers faster and making smokers more difficult to quit.

The tobacco industry, for decades, along with many ways to deceive consumers (now banned in the US) by notes on drug packaging such as ' mild ', ' low tar content ' prevent and reduce tobacco harm prevention efforts, the report stated.

Nearly 50 years after the first report of the Chief Surgeon Office in 1964, this report is a strong warning of the true lethal and dangerous harmful effects of every cigarette. It emphasizes an unmistakable message to managers at all levels that reducing smoking is one of the most effective measures, should be done immediately to improve public health and prevent diseases. The highest death rate and the most expensive treatment for society.

The report also provides practical recommendations for teenagers and smokers in the US: ' If you don't smoke, never try. If you are smoking, try to quit immediately and look for quitting support measures '.

This is not only true for regular smokers, but also for 22% of non-smokers daily, but for those who only smoke ' socially ' and think they have no harm.

The Report's message is clear: You are in danger. There is no concept called ' non-dangerous ' level of smoke. You can become infected even if you are not a heavy addict or a senior smoker.

The report assesses the importance of action programs to prevent teenagers from smoking, helping people who are smoking addicts and protecting everyone's right to breathe fresh air.

Although in the process of implementing the goal of " smoke-free indoor workplaces and public places ," up to 4 out of 10 non-smokers - half of them from 3 to 11 years old - Still under the influence of tobacco, according to a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigation.

No one should have had to smoke in the workplace and in public places in the house. Especially parents need to be sure that at home, in the car and in places where children are often smoke-free.

Policy makers at all levels should make double efforts to implement measures to reduce tobacco consumption and protect passive smokers (people who inhale smoke).

The federal government must fund and quickly implement a new tobacco prevention plan that US Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius announced last month. The plan includes a national media program to prevent youth smoking and encourage smokers who quit smoking, extend support and health insurance for those who want to quit, tighten production and Tobacco marketing, and at the same time promoting studies that help promote tobacco reduction strategies.

The Food and Drug Administration must continue to exercise its authority to rectify tobacco production, marketing and sales, to ensure that children are not affected by these harms and reduce lack of harmful consequences of tobacco to the community.

The government must increase its efforts to reduce tobacco consumption by raising taxes, strictly enforcing the smoke-free work environment and fully paying the tobacco prevention program recommended by the Translation Control Center. Disease and Prevention of the United States CDC.

A very unfortunate weakness that the report points out that the US government has cut tobacco prevention funds by 28% in the past 3 years and now only pays for these programs the lowest level since 1999, when it first started. They receive compensation from the lawsuit against the tobacco industry.

In fiscal 2011, the Federal will collect $ 25.3 billion from compensation and tobacco taxes, but will only spend 2% of that amount, or $ 517.9 million - for youth protection programs from cigarettes and help with drug cessation.

Vietnam also needs strong measures to ban smoking in public places in the home.Photo: AP.

Detect 3000 more toxic substances in cigarette smoke

The Chief Surgeon's overall report also details the serious health consequences, even for irregular passive smokers. Which includes:

1. Cigarette smoke contains more than 7,000 toxic chemicals, with hundreds of toxic types and at least 70 types of cancer. (This is a new and published number. Previous studies have found only about 4,000 types of toxic substances in cigarette smoke - ND).

2. Any contact with cancer-causing chemicals in cigarette smoke can destroy DNA in a way that increases the likelihood of cancer.

3. Harmful passive smokers take place immediately on the cardiovascular system, destroying blood veins, leading to blood clots and increasing the risk of heart failure and stroke.

4. Smoke makes it harder for women to become pregnant and can cause miscarriage, premature birth and low birth weight. It also reduces fertility in men.

Besides, the report provides painful information: smoking kills 400,000 Americans a year and costs nearly $ 100 billion in treatment costs.

The report emphasizes the need for political determination and urgent action to defeat tobacco.

The overall report titled ' Cigarette smoke has caused illness ' is officially published at: www.surgeongeneral.gov.

* US Chief Surgeon is the leading agency in issues related to the protection of public health throughout the United States. Appointed by the President and through the Senate, the current Head of the Office of Chief US Surgeon is Dr. Regina Benjamin - officially inaugurated in January 2010.