World No Snuff
Every ten minutes someone dies in Spain by some disease related to consumption of snuff. These data should be included so disappointing the thousands of deaths from passive smoking, smoke exposure, which thanks to the new Anti-Tobacco Law can be reduced.
If you smoke, you quit and need some motivation, here are a few:
- Behind the 90% of cases of lung cancer and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the snuff. In addition, smoking is the most important risk factor for bladder cancer.
- Smoking causes the onset of atherosclerosis and the likelihood of cerebrovascular disease.
- In children with asthma, smoke may provoke an immune response, rendering the asthmatic child for life, as well as seriously harm the development of the airways. In the case of adults with asthma and smoking, consumption increases the frequency of asthma attacks, the effect of symptoms and the need for hospitalization.
- Smoking, last but not least, can lead to fertility problems in both sexes.
The average age at first use of snuff is 13 years, so it is especially important to begin to raise public awareness of the harmful effects of enormous gravity associated with this practice from the earliest ages.
Therefore, in recent days held the “Smoke-Free Week” under the slogan “Do not follow the train, Desengánchate” in our country. The objective of this campaign was to inform consumers of the benefits of leaving the snuff and offer smoking cessation treatments.