The first and most horrifying fact – As per report and info given out by the British Government, cigarettes contain: a toilet cleaner, a lighter fuel, the chemical in mothballs, a poison which is used in gas chambers, a rocket fuel and many such deadly poisons. Breathing drifting tobacco smoke can also prove to be extremely harmful.
Do you know drifting tobacco smoke kills more people than motor accidents, all types of crimes, AID, illegal drugs, etc. In simple words people are more likely to die as a result of drifting tobacco smoke than by a car, shoot-outs, or the virus called AIDS.
Tobacco found in cigarettes can be linked to cancers of the lung and head and neck. More than eighty five percent of the cases of head and neck cancer found can be associated with use of tobacco. Smoking causes mutations in genes, impairs lung function and deteriorates the effectiveness of the immune system.
If a patient while being treated for cancer continues to smoke his response to the treatment that is underway is likely to be poor as compared to a person who has stopped smoking.
A person is likely to get second cancer in the same place or different, if after being treated successfully for cancer once he/she does not stop smoking. This is irrespective of the fact that the patient had cancer that was related to smoking or not.
Some studies have also found that cancer patients who have to undergo less intensive treatment are more likely to continue smoking, and even if they quit it’s for the time being. They are likely to start smoking again after being through with the treatment.
These are some facts we should all keep in mind. Smokers and non smokers both. The moment you come across one trying his/her first cigarette, discourage it. And since you know the dangers of smoking you will be able to do and save a life.
