{"id":963,"date":"2017-05-31T12:59:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T07:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/?p=963"},"modified":"2017-05-31T12:59:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T07:29:51","slug":"choose-life-quit-tobacco-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/choose-life-quit-tobacco-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose Life. Quit Tobacco Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tobacco use harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases and reduces the health of tobacco users in general. Quitting tobacco lowers your risk for a variety of diseases and can add years to your life. Have a look at the grave threat that tobacco poses on your body.<\/p>\n<h5>Tobacco and your heart<\/h5>\n<p>The chemicals in tobacco harm your blood cells and damage the function of your heart. This damage increases your risk for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atherosclerosis, a disease in which a waxy substance called plaque builds up in your arteries<\/li>\n<li>Aneurysms, which are bulging blood vessels that can burst and cause death<\/li>\n<li>Cardiovascular disease (CVD), which includes coronary heart disease (CHD), heart attack and damage to your arteries, chest pain and high blood pressure<\/li>\n<li>Stroke, which is sudden death of brain cells caused by blood clots or bleeding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Breathing tobacco smoke can even change your blood chemistry and damage your blood vessels. As you inhale smoke, cells that line your body&#8217;s blood vessels react to its chemicals. Your heart rate and blood pressure go up and your blood vessels thicken and narrow.<\/p>\n<h5>Tobacco and your lungs<\/h5>\n<p>Tobacco smoking can cause lung disease by damaging your airways and the small air sacs found in your lungs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lung diseases caused by smoking include COPD, which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.<\/li>\n<li>Cigarette smoking causes most cases of lung cancer.<\/li>\n<li>If you have asthma, tobacco smoke can trigger an attack or make an attack worse.<\/li>\n<li>Smokers are 12 to 13 times more likely to die from COPD than non-smokers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Tobacco and your brain<\/h5>\n<p>Tobacco can seriously affect the normal functioning of your brain.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nicotine, the drug that makes tobacco addictive, goes to your brain very quickly.<\/li>\n<li>Nicotine makes you feel good when you are smoking, but it can make you anxious, nervous, moody, and depressed after you smoke.<\/li>\n<li>Using tobacco can cause headaches and dizziness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Tobacco and Cancer<\/h5>\n<p>Tobacco use can cause cancer almost anywhere in your body:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bladder<\/li>\n<li>Blood (acute myeloid leukaemia)<\/li>\n<li>Cervix<\/li>\n<li>Colon and rectum (colorectal)<\/li>\n<li>Esophagus<\/li>\n<li>Kidney and ureter<\/li>\n<li>Larynx<\/li>\n<li>Liver<\/li>\n<li>Oropharynx (includes parts of the throat, tongue, soft palate, and the tonsils)<\/li>\n<li>Pancreas<\/li>\n<li>Stomach<\/li>\n<li>Trachea, bronchus, and lung<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tobacco smoking also increases the risk of dying from cancer and other diseases in cancer patients and survivors.<\/p>\n<p>Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital&#8217;s Centre for Cancer brings together the expertise within the hospital to provide comprehensive and coordinated care for patients with all types of cancers. We offer a broad scope of cancer services, ranging from public education, screening and diagnosis, to treatment, pain management and palliative care.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/departments\/centresofexcellence\/centrefor_cancer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/departments\/centresofexcellence\/centrefor_cancer.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Tobacco and pregnancy<\/h5>\n<p>Using tobacco during pregnancy increases the risk for pregnancy complications. Tobacco harms babies before and after they are born.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bleeding during pregnancy<\/li>\n<li>Ectopic pregnancy<\/li>\n<li>Miscarriage<\/li>\n<li>Premature delivery of baby<\/li>\n<li>Stillbirth<\/li>\n<li>Abnormalities of the placenta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Tobacco and newborns\/childhood<\/h5>\n<p>Maternal tobacco use during pregnancy and exposure of a child to second-hand smoke in childhood is known to be a risk factor for following conditions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maternal smoking is associated with congenital malformations<\/li>\n<li>Increased risk of allergies<\/li>\n<li>Higher blood pressure in childhood<\/li>\n<li>Increased likelihood of obesity<\/li>\n<li>Stunted growth<\/li>\n<li>Poorer lung function<\/li>\n<li>Increased likelihood of developing asthma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Tobacco and autoimmune diseases<\/h5>\n<p>The immune system is the body&#8217;s way of protecting itself from infection and disease. Tobacco use compromises the immune system, making smokers more likely to have respiratory infections.<\/p>\n<p>Tobacco use also causes several autoimmune diseases, including Crohn&#8217;s disease and rheumatoid arthritis. It may also play a role in periodic flare-ups of signs and symptoms of autoimmune diseases. Tobacco doubles your risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.<\/p>\n<p>Tobacco smoke has been linked to type 2 diabetes, also known as adult-onset diabetes. Smokers are 30% to 40% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than nonsmokers. Additionally, the more cigarettes an individual smokes, the higher the risk for diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>Quit Tobacco Use and Cut Future Health Risks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quitting tobacco use cuts cardiovascular risks. Just 1 year after quitting tobacco, your risk of a heart attack drops sharply.<\/li>\n<li>Within 2 to 5 years after quitting tobacco, your risk for stroke may reduce to about that of a nonuser&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li>If you quit tobacco, your risks for cancers of the mouth, throat, oesophagus, and bladder drop by half within 5 years.<\/li>\n<li>Ten years after you quit smoking, your risk for lung cancer drops by half.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>India is currently facing a &#8216;Tobacco Epidemic&#8217;. As per the Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2010 more that 1\/3rd of Indian Adults use Tobacco either as smokeless tobacco (26%) or as smokers (14%). Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital&#8217;s De-Addiction Clinic offers the &#8216;New Leaf Program&#8217; which involves individualised treatment plans for patients taking into consideration medical issues, motivational interviewing to encourage patients to quit addiction and multi-disciplinary team approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tobacco use harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases and reduces the health of tobacco users in general. 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