"When I quit smoking, my ears are full of cocoons. When I don't want to listen to it, I know that smoking is harmful, but I still can't leave it! If I want to quit smoking, I can't quit. How can I love it?" In this way, many men are saying that smoking is harmful to men's health. Everyone knows more or less about it, but we still have to say that men must be decisive in quitting smoking! Why is this persistence? Now let's have a look with Xiaobian!
The latest statistics show that China's annual cigarette sales amount to 1.8 trillion cigarettes, accounting for about 1/3 of the global total sales. At present, many people still believe that smoking has no negative impact on health. As a physician who has worked for more than 30 years, I just want to say that this cognition is completely wrong! Smoking harms health is not alarmist. I hope that the Wen Xingyu incident can wake up more people, and that smoking will no longer become the ghost behind people's health:
1、 Health misconceptions of quitting smoking
As we all know, smoking is an important pathogenic factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other diseases. Smoking has become the second global killer after hypertension. In particular, smoking is the primary risk factor for lung cancer. The Wen Xingyu incident once again reminds us that it is urgent to stop smoking!
In fact, many smokers know the harm of smoking and the diseases that smoking can induce, but they still keep on quitting. Why on earth? Huazhao Yisheng's pre inspection survey and post inspection consultation show that smokers generally have three misconceptions about quitting smoking: first, they believe that the human body has adapted to the balance of smoking, and quitting smoking is harmful to the body; The second is that a small amount of smoking is not harmful to the body; Third, it is believed that if there are few smokers and the space is not large, the harm to non-smokers is not great.
The above views are seriously wrong. We must correct it for you: each cigarette can produce more than 4000 compounds after burning, some of which are scattered in the air. Some of these compounds are inhaled into lung tissue, including nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide, dozens of irritants and more than 40 carcinogens, including:
Nicotine has the function of central nerve stimulant and refreshing, and is the main substance that causes cigarette addiction. In order to obtain nicotine, addicts inhale more toxic substances and carcinogens that cause cytopathic changes. In addition, nicotine will increase the heart rate, increase blood pressure and induce the contraction of peripheral blood vessels, which is easy to cause cardiovascular disease for a long time.
Carbon monoxide will hinder the combination of normal oxygen and heme, resulting in hypoxia in the body, and even death in severe cases.
Tar and irritants are the prime culprits of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and various cancers such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
These substances are not necessary for us. They are always harmful to the health of addicts and secondhand smokers. Please don't make any excuses for quitting smoking. In addition, smoking or inhaling second-hand smoke during pregnancy can easily lead to stillbirth, increased neonatal mortality, low birth weight, spontaneous abortion, premature delivery. Because the mother smokes during pregnancy, the nicotine and carbon monoxide in the smoke can be transmitted to the fetus through the placenta, and the fetus is also injured, so that the fetus has been in this condition, and the development of the fetus will naturally slow down.
(Intern editor: Lin Yanjuan)