Say NO to Smoking! : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Say NO to Smoking! / Jhong Dizon | Photography
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| 説明 | 1. Most people know that smoking can cause lung cancer, but it can also cause many other cancers and illnesses.Smoking kills around 114,000 people in the UK each year.Of these deaths, about 42,800 are from smoking-related cancers, 30,600 from cardiovascular disease and 29,100 die slowly from emphysema and other chronic lung diseases.2. Cigarettes contain more than 4000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances.When you inhale, a cigarette burns at 700°C at the tip and around 60°C in the core. This heat breaks down the tobacco to produce various toxins.As a cigarette burns, the residues are concentrated towards the butt.The products that are most damaging are: * tar, a carcinogen (substance that causes cancer) * nicotine is addictive and increases cholesterol levels in your body * carbon monoxide reduces oxygen in the body * components of the gas and particulate phases cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD).The damage caused by smoking is influenced by: * the number of cigarettes smoked * whether the cigarette has a filter * how the tobacco has been prepared.3. Smokers are more likely to get cancer than non-smokers. This is particularly true of lung cancer, throat cancer and mouth cancer, which hardly ever affect non-smokers.The link between smoking and lung cancer is clear. * Ninety percent of lung cancer cases are due to smoking. * If no-one smoked, lung cancer would be a rare diagnosis - only 0.5 per cent of people who've never touched a cigarette develop lung cancer. * One in ten moderate smokers and almost one in five heavy smokers (more than 15 cigarettes a day) will die of lung cancer.The more cigarettes you smoke in a day, and the longer you've smoked, the higher your risk of lung cancer. Similarly, the risk rises the deeper you inhale and the earlier in life you started smoking.For ex-smokers, it takes approximately 15 years before the risk of lung cancer drops to the same as that of a non-smoker.If you smoke, the risk of contracting mouth cancer is four times higher than for a non-smoker. Cancer can start in many areas of the mouth, with the most common being on or underneath the tongue, or on the lips. |
| 撮影日 | 2009-12-25 02:12:02 |
| 撮影者 | Jhong Dizon | Photography , Mandaluyong City, Philippines |
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