Even if you are young, a great sportsman or an occasional smoker, consuming tobacco is detrimental to your health and can be fatal.
- In its information campaign, which it broadcasts from May 3 to 31 on television, in the written press and on digital media, the National Cancer Institute calls on the dangerousness of tobacco and on the only effective means that exists to drastically reduce this risk: stop.
- Each year, tobacco consumption is responsible for 75,000 deaths, including 45,000 from cancer.
The National Cancer Institute (Inca) launches, on May 3, a new information campaign in the media to raise everyone’s awareness of the risks of cancer linked to tobacco consumption. It also deploys, on social networks, the hashtag #JeFumeMais, whose objective is to deconstruct received ideas about tobacco.
Athlete, occasional smoker… On social networks, the National Cancer Institute calls on Internet users, with the hashtag #JeSmokeMaisto post their “good” excuses for not engaging in a weaning process. The objective: to deconstruct received ideas and provide irrefutable arguments in favor of total cessation of smoking, the only truly effective action to preserve health.
Tobacco can be the cause of 17 cancer sites
To develop this project, the Institute has surrounded itself with influencers, who will solicit their communities. From May 15, Jamy Gourmaud, in his #DisJamy program that he offers on his Epicurious YouTube channel, accompanied by Marine Lorphelin, will respond in detail to these received ideas in a video. Finally, on the PUREBREAK media, Marine Lorphelin will respond, on May 17, to a True/False which will address 8 received ideas identified on social networks.
The first preventable factor in cancer, tobacco unfortunately remains the undisputed “champion” of the number of deaths linked each year to its consumption. Although lung cancer represents the largest number of new cases detected each year (more than 46,000 cases, including 15,100 in women), tobacco can be the cause of 17 cancer sites. In particular, it is responsible for 70% of cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract (mouth, larynx, pharynx, esophagus), 50% of bladder cancers and 30% of pancreatic cancers.
In addition, the number of deaths related to lung cancer, the first organ impacted by tobacco consumption, increases by 5% each year in women, while it tends to stabilize in men (-0.3% per year). “The cause: female smoking which increased between the 1970s and 1990s”details the Inca.
What diseases does tobacco cause?
Tobacco smoke contains 7,000 chemical substances, including 70 carcinogens (benzene, arsenic, chromium, tar, etc.). These substances are directly responsible for the majority of tobacco-related pathologies: myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accidents, arteritis of the lower limbs, aneurysms, arterial hypertension, erectile dysfunction, COPD (or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), gastritis, peptic ulcers, type II diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, eczema, psoriasis, lupus, ENT (Nose – throat – ear) and dental infections, cataracts, AMD (Macular Degeneration Related to age), periodontitis, infertility, alteration of the epidermis (wrinkles, dull complexion, yellowed fingers), gum disease, alteration of mucous membranes (of the mouth, nose, lips, tongue, taste buds, voice organs or salivary glands), damage to cerebral arteries (effects on memory, vision or hearing).
And regardless of how it is consumed (cigarette, rolling cigarette, cigarillo, cigar, pipe, shisha, etc.), tobacco poses a health risk. “Cigarettes with a lower nicotine and tar content, contrary to popular belief, are no less carcinogenic than the others”, say the experts. Despite a significant drop in the number of registered smokers between 2017 and 2018 in France, 24% of 18/75 year olds still smoke daily.
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