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How Can We Tackle Cancer Due To Smoking In Post Pandemic

In the post-pandemic era, it is important to know the dangers of smoking in order to reduce the risk of cancer. This article discusses various causes of cancer due to smoking and tells you how you can reduce the risk.

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How Can We Tackle Cancer Due To Smoking In Post Pandemic

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  1. How Can We Tackle Cancer Due To Smoking In Post Pandemic www.hillregionalhospital.com

  2. The COVID scenario post-pandemic will increase the danger of smoking and the challenge of cancer • We are currently facing three challenges at once: • The smoking menace • The cancer disease • The COVID-19 pandemic, the battle of which is still on. • It is estimated that many people die prematurely due to smoking every year due to cigarette use. • As we all prepare ourselves for a possible third wave of the pandemic, we cannot ignore the dreaded cancer disease in the world or allow millions of young people to jeopardize their futures by using cigarettes • The link between smoking use and the severity of COVID-19 needs to be understood to promote and incorporate public health measures for tobacco control into the COVID-19 prevention strategy.

  3. How does smoking cause cancer? • All tobacco products contain cancer-causing chemicals (carcinogens) and toxins, as well as an addictive substance, nicotine. • All these substances enter the blood vessels and damage the DNA of the cells of our body. Damaged DNA can turn into a cancerous tumor. • Many cancer surgeons come across many cancer cases every year, which cause a lot of damage to people's lives and their livelihood. • Many people suffered from oral cancer due to the use of smokeless tobacco, which resulted in death within a year of being diagnosed with the disease.

  4. Statistics of the smoking use in teenagers • The trend of tobacco use by teenagers in India is increasing, which is worrying. • In the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, GATS 2016-17, this number was around 11 percent. • The data also showed that people between the ages of 15 and 24 had started smoking at a very young age. • 5 to 25 percent of teenagers are using tobacco • For the tobacco industry, the youth has become a lucrative market. • According to an estimate, currently, 5 to 25 percent of adolescents use or are using tobacco products and smoking-related products. • What is more worrying is that tobacco use at a very early age among our adolescents is also a major factor in the increase in cancer cases. • Get More Information Click Here

  5. Contact Us Website: https://www.hillregionalhospital.com/ Contact No. 254-580-8500

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