World No Tobacco Day| Say No To Smoking, Say Yes To Life

World No Tobacco Day is May 31st every year, and May 31st, 2024 is the 37th "World No Tobacco Day".

In November 1987, the World Health Organization proposed at the 6th International Conference on Smoking and Health held in Tokyo, Japan that April 7th of each year be designated as World No Tobacco Day, and it was implemented from 1988. But since 1989, World No Tobacco Day has been changed to May 31st every year, because the next day is International Children's Day, hoping that the next generation will be free from the harm of tobacco. The theme for World No Tobacco Day 2024 is "Protecting children from tobacco industry interference.

Today, we want to calm down, and get the truth about Tabacco as follows:

Did You take a mistake about Smoking?

Why Smoking is harmful?

So Many Benefits to Quitting Smoking!

Smoking cessation methods

Did You take a mistake about Smoking?

There are common 8 Misconceptions about smoking, did you mistake it?

Myth 1:  

Smoking causes respiratory diseases

Smoking can damage lung structure, lung function and respiratory immune system function, causing a variety of respiratory diseases. Carcinogens contained in tobacco smoke can also cause permanent mutations in key genes in the body, leading to malignant tumors such as lung cancer, oral cancer, laryngeal cancer, bladder cancer, etc.

Myth 2:

Secondhand smoke has little health hazards

Secondhand smoke contains a large number of harmful substances and carcinogens, and children are more sensitive to secondhand smoke.

Secondhand smoke can increase the incidence of diseases such as asthma, lung cancer and coronary heart disease in children.

Myth 3:

E-cigarette smoking is not harmful to health

From animal experiments and cell experiments, e-cigarettes can cause certain harm, and some chemicals in the smoke liquid are toxic, so e-cigarettes are not safe. Due to the lack of large-scale clinical trials to verify its effectiveness, there is no clear conclusion on whether e-cigarettes can help quit smoking.

Myth 4:

Smoking a small amount will not cause harm

Nicotine is a highly addictive substance, and more than 95% of smokers will become addicted.

In addition to nicotine, each cigarette releases a large amount of harmful substances when it is burned. Although the amount of smoking is small, if you smoke regularly for a long time, it will also cause harm to the body.

Myth 5:

Smoking has no effect on medication

The harmful substances in tobacco can enhance the activity of enzymes in the body, accelerate drug metabolism, and reduce the concentration of drugs in the blood, which is not conducive to the stable control of the disease.

Nicotine in tobacco has a central nervous system excitatory effect. When taking sedative hypnotic drugs, its sedative effect will be weakened and the efficacy will be reduced.

Myth 6:

Smoking can refresh the mind

Smokers are dependent on nicotine and smoking actions, so it is difficult to concentrate when they are not smoking, and they feel irritable and anxious.

Smoking seems to relieve these human dependencies and allow smokers to concentrate, but in the long run, smoking will reduce cerebral blood flow, which may reduce intelligence and affect the ability to think about problems.

Myth 7:

Quitting smoking will make the body go downhill

Physical discomfort after quitting smoking is because after smoking for many years, the harmful substances in tobacco have long caused damage to the body, and the disease happened to occur after quitting smoking.

In addition, smoking is an addictive disease, and some physical discomfort after quitting smoking is the aftermath of fighting against smoking addiction.

Myth 8:

The higher the price of cigarettes, the less harm

Some people think that high-priced cigarettes are less harmful to people, which is a wrong view.

The price of cigarettes can only indicate that the tobacco categories are different, but their ingredients are the same, and there is no difference in harm. After burning, they will produce a large amount of harmful ingredients such as carbon monoxide and tar.

Why Smoking is harmful?

Smoking has many harmful effects. It not only consumes the health and life of smokers, but also pollutes the air and harms others.

Lung disease: When cigarettes burn, 38 toxic chemicals are released, among which the main harmful components are tar, carbon monoxide, nicotine, dioxin and irritating smoke. Tar is harmful to the mouth, throat, trachea and lungs. The tar in tobacco smoke is deposited on the villi of the lungs, destroying the function of the villi, increasing sputum, and causing chronic lesions in the bronchi, resulting in tracheitis, emphysema, cor pulmonale and lung cancer. According to statistics, 74% of smokers suffer from lung diseases after the age of 60, while only 4% of non-smokers suffer from lung diseases after the age of 60. This is a shocking figure.

(II) Cardiovascular disease: Carbon monoxide in cigarettes reduces the oxygen content in the blood, causing related diseases such as high blood pressure. Smoking causes coronary artery vasoconstriction, which reduces or blocks the blood supply and causes myocardial infarction. Smoking can increase adrenaline, cause faster heartbeat, increase heart load, affect blood circulation, and lead to more than 20 diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, sudden death syndrome, decreased respiratory function, and stroke.

(III) Smoking causes cancer: Studies have found that smoking is the fastest and most effective way to produce free radicals. Each puff of smoke will produce at least 100,000 free radicals, leading to cancer and many chronic diseases. Recently, the Tidcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK, conducted a 50-year study on 35,000 smokers and concluded that 11 types of cancer, including lung cancer, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer, liver cancer, oral cancer, and sinus cancer, are "significantly associated" with smoking. Why do smokers catch colds easily? It is because the activity of human lymphocytes is reduced, which leads to cancer. In view of the three major factors that cause smoking and cancer, it is better to quit smoking as early as possible.

(IV) Smoking can also cause osteoporosis and early menopause. Smoking makes teeth yellow and it is easy to have bad breath. Smoking harms others and oneself. Passive smokers are five times more likely to be harmed than smokers. For the health of you and your family, do not let yourself become a slave to smoke and quit smoking as soon as possible.

(V) The harm of smoking to intelligence. Smoking can affect people's attention. Some people believe that smoking can refresh, eliminate fatigue and trigger inspiration, which is unscientific. Experiments have shown that smoking seriously affects people's intelligence and memory, thereby reducing work and study efficiency. Smoking has no benefits. 53% of children in China are passive smokers, which is more harmful and prone to pneumonia, bronchitis, severe asthma and other diseases. If the current smoking situation continues, children's intellectual development, smoking families, and individuals will pay a huge price.

So Many Benefits to Quitting Smoking

People who quit smoking live longer than those who continue to smoke. Generally speaking, people who quit smoking before the age of 50 will have a 50% lower risk of death in the next 15 years than those who continue to smoke.

(1) The relative risk of lung cancer for smokers is 10-15 times that of non-smokers. After a smoker quits smoking for 10 years, his risk of lung cancer will be reduced by 30% to 50% compared to those who continue to smoke.

(2) Quitting smoking will also reduce the risk of smokers developing laryngeal cancer, oral cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer and many other cancers.

(3) The risk of death from coronary heart disease for smokers is twice that of never smokers. Within one year after quitting smoking, this risk will be reduced by 50%. After 15 years of quitting smoking, this risk will be close to the level of never smokers.

(4) Compared with never smokers, smokers have twice the relative risk of dying from stroke. Some smokers can reduce this risk to the level of non-smokers within 5 years of quitting, while others need to persist for 15 years to achieve this effect.

(5) Smoking is the main cause of lung disease. After a person quits smoking, they can reduce the risk of colds, pneumonia and bronchitis, and the rate of lung function decline with age will be close to that of non-smokers.

(6) After quitting smoking, you will not cause family conflicts due to smoking, and you can save a lot of money in 10 years after quitting smoking. You will not be fined for smoking in public places.

(7) Pregnant women smoking makes the fetal and infant mortality rate 25-50% higher than that of normal non-smokers, and the average birth weight of infants is 200 grams lower than the normal value. If you start quitting smoking 4 months before pregnancy, these adverse effects can usually be changed.

(8) After quitting smoking, you will be able to concentrate more on study and work, and your face will look moisturized and radiant. It will make your sense of smell and taste more sensitive, and food will taste better.

(9) After quitting smoking, you will no longer carry the smell of cigarettes with you wherever you go, and you will no longer expose your family, friends, and colleagues to secondhand smoke. Compared with smokers, you will appear more elegant, more chic, and more graceful.

Smoking cessation methods

Smoking again after quitting does not mean that you have failed to quit smoking. It is not "too late" after taking a puff or a cigarette, but you should carefully analyze the reasons for smoking again to avoid repeating the same mistake in the future.

(I) How to quit smoking?

1. Quit smoking from now on. The method of quitting smoking completely or gradually reducing the number of times you smoke usually takes 3 to 4 months to succeed.

2. Throw away all cigarettes, lighters, matches, and ashtrays.

3. Avoid participating in places or activities where you usually smoke.

4. Drink water, eat fruit, or take a walk after a meal to get rid of the idea of ​​smoking after a meal.

5. When you are craving for cigarettes, take a deep breath immediately or chew sugar-free gum. Avoid using snacks instead of cigarettes, otherwise it will cause blood sugar to rise and the body to become overweight.

6. Resolutely refuse the temptation of cigarettes and remind yourself frequently that smoking one more cigarette is enough to make your plan to quit smoking go to waste.

(II) If How to spend the first 5 days of quitting smoking?

1. Drink 6-8 glasses of water between meals to promote the excretion of nicotine.

2. Take a warm bath every day, and take a shower immediately when you can't resist the urge to smoke

3. Get enough rest and have a regular life during the 5 days of quitting smoking.

4. Take a walk outdoors after meals and take deep breaths for 15-30 minutes.

5. Do not drink stimulating drinks, drink milk, fresh juice and cereal drinks instead.

6. Try to avoid eating poultry, fried foods, candies and desserts

7. You can eat a variety of B vitamins , can calm nerves and remove nicotine

(III) After the first five days, you can follow the following methods to maintain the "results" of quitting smoking

1. Brush your teeth or rinse your mouth after meals, and wear clean clothes without the smell of smoke.

2. Use a pen or pencil to replace the habitual action of holding a cigarette.

3. Spend most of your time in the library or other places where smoking is not allowed.

4. Avoid going to bars and attending banquets, and avoid being with people who are addicted to smoking.

5. Use the money saved from not smoking to buy yourself a gift.

6. Prepare to quit the habit of wanting to smoke in 2-3 weeks

Smoking gives you the pleasure of a moment but kills youin the process. Let's Say No To Smoking, Say Yes To Life, not only on World No Tobacco Day, not only to the adults, but also to Children!