APC Anti-Smoking
Campaign
We all know someone who smokes on a daily basis, right?
Whether it be a family member, a close friend, or maybe someone who you happen
to just pass by every day. But it does not matter if you know the person or
not, you should at least be concerned for their health.
According to various websites, smoking can cause so much
harm to your health. One of the main health threats caused by smoking is lung
cancer.
Written in Wikipedia, lung cancer, also known as Lung
Carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth
in tissues of the lung. If this is left untreated, this growth can spread
beyond the lung by the process of metastasis into nearby tissue or other parts
of the body.
This is mainly caused by smoking tobacco, and also often
caused by a combination of genetic factors, and exposure to radon gas, asbestos,
second-hand smoke, or other forms of air pollution.
Lung cancer is the number one case of cancer deaths in both
women and men worldwide according to MedicineNet.com. There are two types of lung
cancer, which grow and spread differently, are the small cell lung cancers
(SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC).
Treatment of lung cancer can involve a combination of
surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy as well as newer experimental
methods.
If you know someone who smokes, and this person is someone
you hold very dear, tell this person to stop. Tell them that it is not good for
their health. Also, you could try and persuade a stranger, tell them about the
bad effects of smoking, tell them that they’re cutting their lives very
shortly.
And if you yourself are smoking, tell yourself – “Is doing
this going to benefit me in a way?- I mean if smoking is your way of getting
rid of stress, there’s got to be another, and albeit, healthier way, right?
Think of the consequences it’s going to cause you, the
treatments you’ll need if you get complications, and more importantly, think of
the people you’d leave behind.
So stop smoking now, and help raise awareness.
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