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Smoking in Vietnam is a major health concern, with an estimated 50% of men and 5% of women using tobacco, an estimated 18 million smokers in 2013. [1] In the same year, 47 million non-smokers in Vietnam were regularly exposed to tobacco smoke. [ 2 ]
Thirty percent of heart disease deaths are caused by smoking cigarettes. [22] Lung cancer is the third leading cause of death in Vietnam and tobacco risk factors that cause death and disability. [23] Vietnam has reduced the supply of tobacco products through the ratification of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Smoking tobacco causes various types and subtypes of cancers [95] (particularly lung cancer, cancers of the oropharynx, [96] larynx, [96] and mouth, [96] esophageal and pancreatic cancer). [18] Using tobacco, especially together with alcohol , is a major risk factor for head and neck cancer . 72% of head and neck cancer cases are caused by ...
Stanford University medical professor Dr. Bryant Lin was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer despite never smoking. Now, he's using himself as a case study to teach students about patient care.
Smoker melanosis in a patient consuming 2 packs of cigarette per day. Smoking or the use of nicotine-containing drugs is the cause to Smoker's melanosis. [10] [11] Tar-components (benzopyrenes) are also known to stimulate melanocytes to melanin production, and other unknown toxic agents in tobacco may also be the cause.
Smoking most commonly leads to diseases affecting the heart and lungs and will commonly affect areas such as hands or feet. First signs of smoking-related health issues often show up as numbness in the extremities, with smoking being a major risk factor for heart attacks, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and cancer, particularly lung cancer, cancers of the larynx and ...
The incidence of lung cancer is highly correlated with smoking. Tobacco smoking is associated with many forms of cancer, [20] and causes 80% of lung cancer. [21] Decades of research has demonstrated the link between tobacco use and cancer in the lung, larynx, head, neck, stomach, bladder, kidney, esophagus and pancreas. [22]
Smokeless tobacco keratosis (STK) [4] is a condition which develops on the oral mucosa (the lining of the mouth) in response to smokeless tobacco use. Generally it appears as a white patch, located at the point where the tobacco is held in the mouth. The condition usually disappears once the tobacco habit is stopped.