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
The chemicals in tobacco harm your blood cells and damage the function of your heart. This damage increases your risk for:<\/p>\n
Breathing tobacco smoke can even change your blood chemistry and damage your blood vessels. As you inhale smoke, cells that line your body’s blood vessels react to its chemicals. Your heart rate and blood pressure go up and your blood vessels thicken and narrow.<\/p>\n
Tobacco smoking can cause lung disease by damaging your airways and the small air sacs found in your lungs.<\/p>\n
Tobacco can seriously affect the normal functioning of your brain.<\/p>\n
Tobacco use can cause cancer almost anywhere in your body:<\/p>\n
Tobacco smoking also increases the risk of dying from cancer and other diseases in cancer patients and survivors.<\/p>\n
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital’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
https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/departments\/centresofexcellence\/centrefor_cancer.html<\/a><\/p>\n Using tobacco during pregnancy increases the risk for pregnancy complications. Tobacco harms babies before and after they are born.<\/p>\n 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 The immune system is the body’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 Tobacco use also causes several autoimmune diseases, including Crohn’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 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 Quit Tobacco Use and Cut Future Health Risks<\/p>\n India is currently facing a ‘Tobacco Epidemic’. 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’s De-Addiction Clinic offers the ‘New Leaf Program’ 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":" Tobacco use harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases and reduces the health of tobacco users in general. Quitting tobacco lowers yourTobacco and pregnancy<\/h5>\n
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