Endang Rahayu MENKES Sedyaningsih declared smokers Indonesia ranks third in the world. The difficulty of a person's escape from bondage smoking partly because of misconceptions that are circulating.
Data WHO in 2001 declared, Indonesia ranks third highest number of smokers in the world, after China and India. Even for the level of ASEAN, Indonesia ranks first. This position does not shift until now apparently changed its decade.
"Regarding the prevalence of smokers is considerably increased. From the year 2000-2010 has increased, both among smokers both men and women, "said Minister of Health in the Office of the President, on Monday (26/09/2011) night.
She added, the number of male smokers over the age of 15 years reached 66 percent, while 4 percent of women smokers. The increase also occurs in novice smokers aged 10-14 years, as well as 15 years. Obviously, a lot of homework to be done the government to regulate tobacco as an addictive substance in terms of impact on health.
For many smokers, hard to get out of the habit that has to be a chronic form of comfort, knowing that cigarettes were deadly. Some of the misconceptions surrounding the cigarette and make it lazy stop smokers, as reviewed Thescooponsmoking:
Smoking does not hurt anyone, but myself
In fact, approximately 49,000 nonsmokers die each year. This is caused when smoking, you are exposing cigarette smoke to children, relatives, or family that can cause lung cancer, heart disease, asthma, or other diseases.
Smoke a cigar and chewing tobacco is safer because it does not suck
Not only the cigarette smoke that can kill a person. Deaths from cancer in male smokers approximately 34 percent higher than non-smokers. They are just chewing tobacco, oral cancer has the potential to affect the tongue, lips, and cheeks.
In addition, according to a study, a total of 6300 light smokers (less tobacco) has a risk of dying from cancer and heart disease two-fold higher than non-smokers.
Smoking or chewing tobacco can lower blood pressure
This is not true. A group of researchers at Stockholm, Sweden, studied 135 healthy people with high blood pressure conditions. Once measured, the researchers found that those who smoke or chew tobacco have a higher blood pressure than those who do not smoke.
If I only use filtered cigarettes, menthol, or with low levels of tar, then I'll be fine
Smokers will inhale smoke more deeply to get the levels of nicotine they need from the effects of addiction. Although the use of filters, nicotine, and several other harmful substances remain exploited and into the body.
I have smoked for many years, there's no use if I stop now
If you smoke, you shorten your life. The good news when quitting smoking, you will not only expedite the respiratory system, also repair the sense of taste.
(FTR)
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