Does smoking affect health and specifically cause cancer?
The negative effect of smoking is in the form of DNA damage that causes damage as a result of oxidation resulting from stress
The damage caused by smoking contributes to the pathological physiology of the following diseases:
1. Cancer
2. Respiratory diseases
3- Heart and circulatory diseases
4- Reproductive health implications
Other effects such as peptic ulcers, general weakness, loss of body mass, dental diseases, eye diseases
More than 11 types of cancer are associated with smoking.
Facts and figures:
* Current smokers are more than 20 times more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smokers
*Current smokers have about 7 times the risk of throat cancer compared to non-smokers
*Current smokers have approximately 3.5 to 7 times the risk of oral or pharyngeal cancer compared to non-smokers
*Current smokers have approximately 4 to 7 times the risk of oesophagal cancer compared to non-smokers
*Non-smokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke have approximately 20% increased risk of lung cancer
Smoking is associated with:
1- Poor nutrition
2- Weakening of the body's immune system
3. The development and acceleration of cancer
Smoking affects cancer patients by:
1. The development or occurrence of new cancerous tumours
2. The negative impact of smoking on the lives of cancer survivors
3- The negative effect on the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation
