International Non-smoking Day

Greetings dear community!

As a form of protest and awareness that smoking is harmful to the health of our bodies, the World Health Assembly in 1989 proposed on May 31 of each year as "World No Tobacco Day" or as in some countries they say "International Day of No Smoking" as a wake-up call to smokers to encourage them to stop this serious and harmful vice and in the same way increase knowledge to the general public (smokers or not smokers) of the negative impact of tobacco or cigar and one can say that one of those impacts is dependency, to such an extent to reach addiction due to nicotine, which is the main component of tobacco and cigarettes.

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It is amazing how the human being tends to self-destruct in some way or another, this is a bad habit that can end up making a person seriously ill and even take him to death, the use of tobacco and cigarettes has claimed many lives daily. The chemical components of a cigarette are the following:

• Butane
• Stearic acid
• Match
• Acetic acid
• Methane
• Arsenic
• Carbon monoxide
• Methanol
• Tolueno
• Nicotine
• Ammonia
• Painting

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Each and every one harmful to health!

The indiscriminate and prolonged use of cigarettes and tobacco can produce the following diseases:

• Colon and rectal cancer
• Liver cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Erectile dysfunction
• Stomach cancer
• Cancer in the mouth
• Gastric Ulcers
• Emphysema
• Acute bronchitis
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Coronary diseases
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Abortion

These are just some of the diseases produced by this vice. The saddest thing is that not only the person who smokes (active smoker) is affected, but also the people around them becoming a passive smoker and also at the same risk of these diseases even if it is not voluntary anymore. that the air around him is contaminated. For this reason, in some places they have prohibited the use of cigarettes and / or tobacco in public places, in work, in restaurants and even in some nightclubs.

The vice can reach is greater than the trial so much so that a pregnant woman may feel unable to maintain abstinence and when smoking, the fetus is considered passive, since the components of the cigarette can pass through the placenta, causing various alterations and even sudden death of it.

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Reasons why it is good to stop smoking and / or tobacco

One of the reasons for which the world of not smoking was created is to make it clear that there are more benefits in leaving this vice that could save the lives of both active smokers and passive smokers.

• One of the main reasons is that it improves health and decreases the risk of contracting diseases.

• The feeling of control of one's physical and financial freedom since this vice can be expensive

• Improves the perception of odors and flavors.

• The power to smile as it improves the appearance of the teeth.

• The person is freed from the annoying smell of nicotine left by the cigar in the breath and clothes.

• When quitting smoking prevents heart disease since nicotine affects the bloodstream

• When a person gets used to this vice for many years, it is difficult to aspire almost three times more than those who do not smoke.

• And the most important in society respects the right of people to breathe clean air free of nicotine contamination linked with monoxide.

"Cigarette and tobacco are legalized drugs that can be found everywhere, children and adults are affected. It is the responsibility and conscience of each person that introduces his body, but it is our duty to raise awareness, today we can save a life through this campaign"

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