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Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases, and reduces the health of smokers in general. 1,2 Quitting smoking lowers your risk for smoking-related diseases and can add years to your life. 1,2
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- Leading Cause of Death, Illness and Impoverishment
- Key Measures to Reduce The Demand For Tobacco
Tobacco kills up to half of its users who don’t quit(1-3).Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year, including an estimated 1.3 million non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke (4).Around 80% of the world's 1.3 billion tobacco users live in low- and middle-income countries.In 2020, 22.3% of the world’s population used tobacco: 36.7% of men and 7.8% of women.The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing over 8 million people a year around the world. More than 7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 1.3 million are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke (4). All forms of tobacco use are harmful...
Surveillance is key
Good monitoring tracks the extent and character of the tobacco epidemic and indicates how best to tailor policies. Almost half of the world's population are regularly asked about their tobacco use in nationally representative surveys among adults and adolescents. More on monitoring tobacco use
Second-hand smoke kills
Second-hand smoke is the smoke that fills restaurants, offices, homes, or other enclosed spaces when people smoke tobacco products. There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. Second-hand smoke causes serious cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, including coronary heart disease and lung cancer, and kills around 1.3 million people prematurely every year. Over a quarter of the world's population living in 74 countries are protected by comprehensive national smoke-free l...
Tobacco users need help to quit
Among smokers who are aware of the dangers of tobacco, most want to quit. Counselling and medication can more than double a tobacco user’s chance of successful quitting. National comprehensive cessation services with full or partial cost-coverage are available to assist tobacco users to quit in only 32 countries, representing around a third of the world's population. More on quitting tobacco
6 janv. 2023 · On top of lung diseases, smoking can cause poor vision, premature aging, cancer, and more. Learn what happens to your body when you smoke.
10 oct. 2022 · As a leading behavioral risk factor for numerous health outcomes, smoking is a major ongoing public health challenge. Although evidence on the health effects of smoking has been widely reported...
Dans les 1 à 9 mois, la toux et l’essoufflement diminuent. Dans l’année, votre risque de cardiopathie coronarienne diminue de près de moitié. Dans les 5 ans, votre risque d’accident vasculaire cérébral redevient le même que pour un non-fumeur 5 à 15 ans après l’abandon du tabac.
- Avantages par rapport aux personnes qui continuent de fumer : À environ 30 ans : on enregistre un gain de près de 10 ans d’espérance de vie. À envi...
- Cesser de fumer réduit la surexposition à de nombreuses autres maladies liées au tabagisme passif chez l’enfant, telles que les maladies respiratoi...
- Cesser de fumer réduit les risques d’impuissance, les difficultés à concevoir, les risques de prématurité, l’insuffisance pondérale à la naissance...
The share of smokers among the world population is falling, and because smoking is such a large health problem today, this is one of the most positive developments in global health. It makes it possible for millions of people to live a longer and healthier life.
17 juin 2016 · Later in life, tobacco leads to higher rates of cancer (especially lung cancer), as well as higher rates of death associated with diseases of the respiratory system.
