24 Types of Cancer and 52 Diseases Connected With Smoking

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Deputy of the Vice-Chancellor for Health at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences said: “according to research, connection of 24 types of cancer and 52 diseases with smoking has been confirmed”.

According to WebDa, in the conference on the national no tobacco week that was held with the presence of the chancellor, deputies and a body of other managers of other development sections, Dr. Seyyed Kazem Farahmand mentioned that the main cause of death in the world is cardiovascular diseases; he said: “using tobacco, especially cigarettes plays a direct role in cardiovascular diseases”.

Deputy of the Vice-Chancellor for Health at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences believes that tobacco use control is a multi-dimensional issue; he insisted on the necessity of implementing cultural plans besides exercising force.

He pointed to active participation of all organization in order to control supply and use of tobacco and said: “by holding such conferences, the World Health Organization and health authorities aim at sensitizing and attracting support of the society, managers and policy makers”.

Dr. Farahmand mentioned that smoking cigarettes is the opening to drug abuse and said: “various family, social, economic, cultural and psychological factors are involved in people’s attraction toward narcotics and the cultural factor is more effective in this regard”.

Smokers live 14 years less than non-smokers

 Faculty member and social medicine expert at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences said that using narcotics is the main cause of death in the world.

Dr. Mohammad Khaje Daluei noted: “according to studies, it is predicted that death tolls due to using narcotics will raise to 8 million people by 2030”.

Referring to secondhand smoke risks for the non-smokers who are exposed to tobacco smoke, he said: “every year, 600 deaths occur in the world due to complications resulting from secondhand smoke”.

Pointing to the rising number of smokers in the world, he said: “there are currently 1,300 million smokers in the world and this number will surge to 1700 million by 2025”.

Dr. Khaje Daluei said about reduced beginning age of tobacco use: “the beginning age of smoking is 11 in Iran. This reflects the need to culture making and educating students from earlier stages of their education”.

It should be noted that thanks to the Vice-Deputy for Health at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, the national no tobacco week was held with the presence of a body of managers from other development sections of the university at Razi Hall.