Smoking is found to affect almost every cell of the human body, apart from its drastic effects on the lungs.
Almost every cell of the human body including the hard organs like bones and teeth is found to get adversely affected by smoking, according to Prof. Uma Kumar, Head of Rheumatology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Kumar said that first hand smoke and second hand smoke both are equally harmful for health.
‘Smoking is found to affect almost every cell of the human body (including hard organs like bones and teeth), apart from its drastic effects on the lungs.’
Expressing concerns about rising smoking habits among women, she said that it may result in infertility, cases of which are also rising these days. Also, smoking may lead to premature birth. People generally think that smoking affects the lungs only, but the case is different, it affects every part and is one of the important risk factors for growing numbers of cases related to autoimmune diseases, Kumar said while speaking on the prevention of deaths caused by tobacco on the occasion of World Health Day.
The event was organized by Tobacco Free India.
Dr. Vishal Rao of HCG, Bangalore said that the reason for the rapidly increasing cases of oral cancer in India is tobacco products.
Eminent economist and BJP’s national spokesperson Gopal Krishna Agarwal has said that it is the need of the hour that the strictness on tobacco products should be increased in order to save the lives of 13 lakh Indians annually.
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