Terrible harm from cigarettes

With cigarettes, smokers do not see immediate harm but it gradually enters, destroys organs in the body, causing some serious diseases like lung cancer, necrosis .

Front, back of Marlboro pack.
(Photo: CAND)

In September 2006, in Beijing (China), professors, doctors and medical experts around the world published some new information about GIANT research, which was carried out from early 2004 to September. / 2006 on nearly 50,000 patients in 46 countries, to give a more detailed view of the prevalence and causes of chronic bronchitis worldwide. The results showed that smoking is a leading risk of respiratory and infectious diseases, of which 85% - 90% of chronic obstructive pulmonary patients have a history of smoking.

In addition, passive smoking (non-smoking but affected by tobacco smoke) also leads to these diseases. In particular, 85% of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease worldwide are chronic bronchitis. If a pregnant mother smokes will lead to underweight, malnutrition . in the child later.

Tobacco has a lot of harm. However, not everyone understands. Sometimes, even though they understand, they still cannot control their habits. When they cannot do that, the Government must take measures. In California, the US will vote to decide to raise the tax rate to $ 2.6 per pack, which means the average tax rate is $ 6.55 per pack. The states of Texas, New Jersy, Missouri . are implementing a tax increase roadmap. The above measures are one of the most positive ways to declare war on cigarettes. With the increase in tax rates, it is expected to minimize the number of smokers.

1. Smoking is the cause of emphysema: emphysema is a disease in which the gases in the lungs are gradually destroyed, making it difficult to breathe.The sick person will feel extremely uncomfortable when breathing.Most of the causes of this disease are smoking.

2. Smoking is the cause of oral and throat cancer: Smoking is a major cause of cancer.Including mouth and throat cancer.This disease makes your daily activities such as eating, communication more difficult and more serious, leading to permanent deformities in the mouth and throat.

3. Smoking is the cause of necrosis: Tobacco is an important factor that damages blood vessels, hindering your blood circulation.Smoking also leads to blood clots, blood poisoning and necrosis.From there, completely destroy the feet.

While the countries in the world daily spread the harmful effects of tobacco, in Vietnam, a country that according to the estimates of the World Health Organization (WHO) is a country with cigarette consumption increased rapidly. The dizziness is likely that 10% of the current population means more than 7 million people will die from tobacco-related diseases, the measures to prevent smoking are not yet thorough.

Inadequacies are right in the measures of drug firms, functional agencies. None of the cigarettes produced in Vietnam have been printed with images that give a frightening impression to users. Most of our cigarette packs have only a warning, but the warning text is too small, is there any smoker who pays attention to read it? Or is it ever when the State effectively applies an increase in tariffs on this product?

It is known that a senior who smoked, only for one time in a single time, uttered the sentence: 'Afraid too much, surely from now on, give up smoking' or: 'Look great, smoke lose delicious .', that's when you see scary pictures on the other pack. Propaganda cannot be as powerful as an image. It is thought that it is time for the State to apply measures to force cigarette manufacturers in Vietnam to print images warning of the dangers from tobacco directly on products.

Vu Yen