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Tobacco smoking is a common cause of malignant tumors of the oral cavity, larynx, bronchi and lungs.

Constant and prolonged smoking of tobacco leads to premature aging due to disruption of tissue oxygen supply, while spasm of small vessels occurs, which makes the appearance of a smoker characteristic, as a yellowish tint of the whites of the eyes, skin and its premature wilting appear, and a change in the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract affects his voice, while sonority is lost, timbre decreases and hoarseness appears. The action of nicotine is especially dangerous in youth and old age, when even a weak stimulating effect disrupts the nervous regulation.

The harmful effects of smoking on the female body have been established. In women who smoke, the onset of menopause is accelerated, sexual activity is inhibited, during pregnancy the likelihood of miscarriage, premature birth, pregnancy complications, and the birth of weakened children increases. Tobacco smoking also contributes to the rapid development and aggravation of the course of diseases such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, gastritis, gastroenteroclitus, myocardial dystrophy, endocrine (hormonal) disorders. And with peptic ulcer of the stomach or duodenum, thrombophlebitis, obliterating endarteritis, Raynaud's disease, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, recovery without quitting smoking is generally impossible.

The harm from smoking is so significant that in recent years a number of countries have introduced measures that are directed against this bad habit. These measures are as follows: advertising of tobacco products and sale of tobacco products to minors is prohibited, smoking is prohibited in public places and in transport.

In our country, they also do not advertise tobacco products on television, but, unfortunately, there is enough information about tobacco products and their new "achievements" on billboards that abound in their number and variety in all cities.

I would also like to note the fact that the place for the "Warning of the Ministry of Health" on packs of cigarettes produced at tobacco factories in Russia is given much less than information about the dangers of smoking on packs of cigarettes from foreign manufacturers. In addition, little is said about the dangers of passive smoking, and in fact, according to some reports, it can be much more dangerous than smoking itself. This is because cigarette smoke contains a large amount of unfiltered harmful substances that freely enter the lungs of a non-smoker when they are inhaled.

Author: Muradova E.O.

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