THE SMOKING HABIT

Most smokers have been smoking for a long time. Smoking habits are often tied to certain activities, places, or people; such as having a cigarette with your

morning coffee, during a break at work, or after a meal. Being in these same situations after you’ve quit can trigger an urge to smoke.

The snuff is a product of agriculture originated in America and processed from the leaves of Nicotiana tabacum. It is consumed in various ways, the main

combustion producing smoke. Its particular nicotine content makes it very addictive. It is lawfully marketed

worldwide (except Bhutan), February 1 although in many countries has numerous restrictions on

consumption, adverse effects on public health. Its composition includes an alkaloid, nicotine, found in the

leaves in variable proportions (from less than 1% to 12%).

• related diseases as snuff consumption were defined by WHO as the major medical problem of the twentieth century. The situation reached in the second half of it, the character of epidemic.

• The accumulation of scientific information on the damage caused by the consumption of snuff is absolutely overwhelming. Smoking kills more than: AIDS, tuberculosis, childbirth complications, traffic accidents, homicides and suicides combined. 50% of people who continue to smoke, will die just by smoking, and half of them will lose between 20 and 25 years. The tobacco industry is to lung cancer, the malaria mosquito.

• The latest statistics on smoking in Argentina are alarming:

• Every 15 minutes an Argentine dies because of smoking.

• 60% of those under age 18 admitted already tried.

• Among those who smoked, 75% were started very early, between 13 and 16.

• The age of onset was set at 12 years lower limit and 18 as a stopper, 9 out of 10 smokers have begun to admit that age.

• The most vulnerable moment coincides with the onset of adolescence and at age 15 is where a higher peak of 27.1%.

• Six out of ten adolescent smokers consume less than ten cigarettes per day (33%, only between one and five). And a very small percentage, 1.5% of boys, smokes 26 cigarettes a day above.

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Cancer

The risk of developing lung cancer in the smoking population is 5 to 20 times higher than in nonsmokersSnuff consumption also increases the risk of other tumors such as larynx, tongue, salivary glands, lip, mouth and pharynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney, cervix, breast, pancreas and colon.Cardiovascular diseases

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the province of Buenos Aires (35%), being the most common heart disease.Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

COPD includes two main groups of lung disease: chronic bronchitis and emphysema. The development of COPD increases with age, and there is also a dramatic association with smoking, so smokers have a higher prevalence, mortality and loss of lung function, depending on the amount smoked.

• The study concluded that the snuff adds ten years reproductive age of woMore than 17,000 children under five are hospitalized annually in hospitals because of smoke snuff their parents

• The effects of snuff affects the health of children: During their first year of life, children of parents who smoke at home are much more likely to be hospitalized for bronchitis or pneumonia that of nonsmokersmen, which means that a smoker has the same problems a nonsmoker