Basic information on smoking and drinking

Smoking and excessive drinking are very harmful to your health. Let's review your health.

■　About smoking

■　About drinking

It is a fact that both those who smoke and those who smoke cigarettes should know.
Tobacco smoke contains harmful substances such as nicotine and tar, increasing the risk of developing a variety of diseases, including cancer.
In fact, the smoking habit itself is already a disease called nicotine addiction.

There are three types of cigarette smoke. The smoke inhaled by the smoker is called "mainstream smoke", the smoke exhaled by the smoker is called "exhalation smoke", and the smoke rising from the end of the cigarette is called "secondary smoke".
Smoke "secondary smoke", which people around smokers smoke regardless of their will, is more harmful than mainstream smoke.

Harm to oneself (mainstream smoke)

• Cancer (pharynx, oral cavity, lung, esophagus, liver, bladder, stomach, pancreas)
• Emphysema
• Dyspnea
• Arteriosclerosis
• Cerebral infarction
• Angina pectoris
• Myocardial infarction
• Osteoporosis and fracture

Harm to others (secondary smoke)

• It causes premature birth and miscarriage
• Low births are likely to be born (lack of oxygen supply to the fetus)
• Aging is promoted
• Stain, wrinkle, dullness, blackhead
• It is prone to periodontal disease

⇒"Tobacco is canned poisonous" poster (PDF: 350KB)
Tobacco smoke contains more than 5,000 chemical substances.
Among them, there are 70 types of carcinogenic substances. As a result, tobacco can sometimes be described as canned poisons.

Example of carcinogens

• Nicotine: A component of cockroaches insecticide, substances that cause addiction
• Formalin: Antiseptic treatment of corpses and biological specimens
• Cadmium: Cause of Itai Thai disease, car battery
• Benzene: Gasoline components
• Arsenic: Poisonous Drug (Ali insecticide)
• Toluene: Main component of thinner
• Phenol: Disinfection insecticide
• Cyanification: Rat killer (rat extermination)
• Tar: Carcinogens
• Acetone: Paint removal agent
• Butane: Fuel for lighters
• Carbon monoxide: Exhaust gas

Tobacco smoke contains a substance called nicotine, but nicotine is a drug that is as dependent as narcotics.
Nicotine is as difficult to stop as heroin.

By continuing smoking, it will be shorter for 10 years. It is also said that one bottle shortens the life of 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

In a day: 500 yen x 2 boxes = 1,000 yen
1,000 yen x 365 days = 365,000 yen per year
It will cost about 11 million yen in 30 years!

Smoking makes your skin supple.
The wrinkles around the eyes and mouth increase.
As a result, it looks older than the actual age.
Your beauty will be lost from "only one".
This kind of smoker's unique face is "Smokers"
"Face," in addition to wrinkles, coloring of teeth and gums.
It also comes with bad breath, white hair, hair loss of hair, etc.
The photo on the right shows a 22-year-old broadcast on BBC in England.
This is a simulation image when twins are 40 years old.
The appearance is completely different depending on whether or not you smoke.
The right woman is non-smokers, and the left woman is smoking.
A typical example of promotion and beauty
It has a smoker's face. (Citation: BBC (UK) (outside site))

→Yeah. In fact, there is no denying the possibility of adverse effects on health.

Nothing containing nicotine is currently available in Japan, but it is believed that there are concerns about health effects, regardless of whether nicotine is present.

The mainstream smoke of heated tobacco contains nicotine. Although the amount of harmful chemicals other than nicotine is said to be small, the effects of long-term use on health are unknown. In addition, there is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke, and it is believed that there is no denying the possibility of adversely affecting the health of smokers and passive smokers.

At Nishi Ward Office, we help people who are interested in smoking cessation or who have advice on smoking cessation.
Public health nurses provide a 30-minute interview, provide information, and test to check the smoker level (such as measuring carbon monoxide concentration in breath) free of charge.
Tobacco is one hundred harms and no harm. It's not late to stop at any time! Please contact Nishi Ward Health Promotion Section.
・Health promotion consultation [advance reservation system] ※For details, see the flyer (PDF) (PDF: 892KB)
　

・No smoking in Yokohama City NOTE
・Electronic tobacco | e-Health Internet Provision − Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (outside site)
・Health effects of heated tobacco | e-Health Internet Provision − Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (outside site)

Drinking with close friends is very fun. However, if you continue to drink a lot of alcohol, you can get liver and other diseases.
The disease tends to be difficult to get out once it takes. Keep drinking in an appropriate amount and spend a healthy day.
Information on drinking is provided in an easy-to-understand manner in the "Drinking Guidelines" prepared by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Please refer to that.

Guidelines for Drinking Health Consideration | Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (outside site)

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