Prohibit smoking helps reduce 41% of cases of heart attack

After 3 years of implementing a ban on workplace smoking, Pueblo's hospitalization for heart attack infarction was reduced by 41%.

The rate of Pueblo heart attack from 257 / 100,000 people before the smoking ban (July 1, 2003) dropped to 152 / 100,000 people three years later. Meanwhile, the number of hospitalizations for myocardial infarction in two other parts of Colorado does not apply a ban that does not tend to decrease.

Research results, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published on January 1, 2009, showed that inhaling tobacco smoke (passive smoking) may be the leading cause. fatal from myocardial infarction. In the past, at least 8 studies showed a link between the ban on smoking and the number of cases of myocardial infarction, but no studies have been done for a long time (in 3 years) as the CDC study. .

Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the world. One in 10 adult deaths is caused by tobacco-related diseases. Currently, each year cigarettes kill 5.4 million people - on average every 1 second, 1 person dies from smoking. At this rate, the WHO estimates that by 2030, the number of people dying from smoking addiction can be up to 8 million people / year and in the 21st century there will be a total of 1 billion people dying from tobacco.

The ban on smoking in public places is proposed not only to limit the number of deaths from tobacco-related diseases but also to limit the impact of passive smoking. Not only the cause of lung cancer, inhaling cigarette smoke also harms the cardiovascular system. Cigarette smoke not only damages blood vessel walls but also increases the risk of blood clots leading to heart attack. Cardiovascular experts say limiting exposure to secondhand smoke can help reduce the risk of blood clots in the blood vessels.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco smoke contains about 4,000 toxic chemicals for health. Passive smoking can cause cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and many other serious diseases that can lead to adult death. Currently, an estimated half of the world's children are living in an environment filled with smoke. Statistics from the World Labor Organization show that at least 200,000 workers die from exposure to tobacco smoke every year at work. According to the CDC, cigarette smoke causes 46,000 deaths from heart disease each year and 3,000 deaths from lung cancer.

Facing the lethal effects of secondhand smoke, the WHO believes that the only way to prevent smoking is to create a smoke-free living and working environment.