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Main Effects of Smoking on Health
There are many good reasons to quit smoking. The most important is that this is an addiction that harms the health of both the smoker and those around him.
On the subject, the World Health Organization says that about five million people die worldwide from diseases caused by this addiction.
This figure is a reason enough if we think that we look after our health and for it to acquire good habits.
Moreover, experts say that smoking is a “drug”, since the consumption of nicotine (snuff component) produces dependence, withdrawal and compulsive behavior, among others.
Main effects of smoking on health
1 .- Cancer: The snuff is responsible for 90% of deaths due to lung cancer, and 30-40% of overall cancer deaths (lung, bladder, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, etc.
2 .- Cardiovascular Disease.
3 .- Respiratory diseases: snuff consumption predisposes to infections, pneumonia, emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
4 .- Problems in pregnancy: Women who smoke are at increased risk of abortions, neonatal deaths and that their children are born underweight.
Child Accident Prevention
Voluntary and involuntary injuries are considered the main cause of chronic disability among young people.
In the pediatric population, injuries from accidents are the leading cause of death in childhood in Europe. Between 1 and 14 years of life is a death by injury in a ratio twice that of death from cancer, or eight times those caused by respiratory diseases.
The prevention of accidents and injuries must be focused in areas where they occur:
Preventive measures to avoid them must start from the first month of life in the home environment. After two years, accidents begin to occur outside the home.
One of the most important tasks of parents is giving your child go autonomy both a progressive and increasing responsibility.