A comment: Of course, it is harmful if you smoke or be in the same room with a smoker and inhale the smoke. Because the concentration of harmful substances is high. The presence of an odor does not yet indicate that the concentration of those is exceeded. To do this, you need to make a chemical analysis of the air. I sincerely sympathize with you and understand the problem. But I'm talking about the fact that in the fight against odors you can go far. You can ban repairs in apartments (the fumes of paint components are really toxic), you can ban parking in the yards (exhausts, especially in the heating mode, are very bad and penetrate well into the entrances and vents). The smell of smoking is unpleasant, but there is hardly more harm in it than in an air freshener.
My answer: There is a lot of harm in this smell. We still need to write an article (the article is below in the link with the burning apartment).
A comment: I do not argue with the author. I fully agree with him. And I'm not arguing with you about the dangers of smoking. I do not agree only with the approach "we are tired, you stop." It is necessary to ban smoking in public places, it is necessary to ban the promotion of smoking and the sale of cigarettes to minors, it is necessary to punish for throwing garbage. But dividing into "us" and "you" and other varieties is wrong. There are also vegans, feminists, religious, sports and music fans, and everyone is annoyed by something. I am for patience and respect.
My answer: No, this is a different story. You must follow the rules of the hostel. In an apartment anthill, you can tolerate children running around the ceiling, but the smell of tobacco from a neighbor should be stopped. Because you can really die from it.
Question: I don't get it, as tobacco control around the world ramps up oncological diseases is growing year by year, and it is in those countries that are most actively fighting, how so? Why do people who lead a healthy lifestyle and never hold a cigarette in their teeth often get lung cancer? If tobacco smoke contains a huge amount of carcinogens, then every smoker must die of cancer, but many live to a ripe old age without getting sick, how is it? After all, people have the same organisms, which means that the effect of poisons on them should be identical according to the scheme: lit-cancer-died?
My answer: Because two-thirds of people who have never held a cigarette in their hands breathe the same smoke. This is smoke from the "second" or "third hand".
A comment: I've been smoking for 48 years, I'm a little overweight, but that's another story. So about the pressure - all my life, despite any situations, my blood pressure is 120-80. Coffeeholic, drink 6-8 cups a day (instant), won't sleep until I drink coffee. So we are addicted to cigarettes and coffee! I quit smoking 3 times, but I didn’t give up and now I realized that I shouldn’t! Too late to quit! The body has adapted, used to breaking it does not make sense! Yes, there was a stroke 5 years ago, but from what doctors did not determine (doctors are correct, competent, friends). Their first words when I called them that there was a stroke - do not quit smoking! Reduce, but don't quit! And on their advice now (apparently forever) I take medicines for cholesterol and blood clots. It turns out that a smoker, like a climber, has thick blood from a lack of oxygen! So cigarettes do not have any effect on pressure, and coffee is the same! Although, perhaps this is all individually!
My answer: About "do not quit smoking!" - this is naive nonsense for the townsfolk. There are no such idiots of "correct doctors" in nature. Don't compose!
A comment: It is scientifically proven that smokers do not suffer from senile insanity!
My answer: Famous tale. Vice versa. More than 10% of dementia cases are associated with smoking.
A comment: For those over 50 and a long smoking experience, it is better not to quit. So I quit 4 months ago, atrial fibrillation appeared. They took me away twice in an ambulance, and the rhythm was restored every week. I take a bunch of pills. The day before yesterday, the operation was performed by RFA. So I think, I would not quit smoking and nothing happened. I felt good, I just left under the pressure of relatives. During his stay in the hospital, he underwent complete examinations of blood vessels, heart, blood and TD. Etc. The state of the body is good, but the leakage of cardiac impulses did not come from anywhere. I think it's been fixed now. The experience of smoking was 35 years. So before throwing, you need to think carefully.
My answer: Everyone needs to quit. The problem is promiscuity - people just want to smoke.
Question: And if you smoke one cigarette a day - is it a smoker or not? We just got into an argument at work. After all, it happens that they smoke when you drink or few pieces a day. The smoker is from how many pieces? From one per day and above? My son smokes when he drinks. Drinks once a month. He who?
My answer: From anything. As much as you want. He is a smoker. Some of them did not hold a single cigarette in their hands and still they are passive smokers.
A comment: Living in general is bad. At least no one lives forever, and death will find a reason. And what do those 2 cigarettes a week mean with the current ecology? Maybe there is no benefit (but the placebo effect has not yet been canceled), but it certainly will not harm. A comrade over there smokes two packs a day - that's where the horror is ...
My answer: Many people think so. Then an artery in the thigh suddenly becomes clogged in one of them, and the leg is sawed off. Tantrums, depression begin, they throw crutches at the wife, they poison themselves with pills (a life story).
Question: For patients, and yet - what is more harmful then? To smoke or quit with a long experience? Why do half of the interns who dropped out talk about deteriorating health? When smoking is resumed, the problems disappear. My experience is 46 years. After unsuccessful attempts to quit in his youth, consciousness finally came to consciousness (well, such a tautology), I realized that all the problems were in my head. Easily put everything in its place in my head, easily threw it away, completely without breaking. I don't smoke for six months. Few? But in the literature it is written that some improvements in health are noted in the very first months. I'm waiting. The only improvement is that the crunch on breathing (obstruction) in the supine position has disappeared. They also write that the most difficult 2-3 weeks. I don't have any problems at all. How does it manifest itself? I want to smoke as before, but I do not smoke easily (throw these thoughts out of my head, switch to others). The only thing that torments - but is it all in vain? I heard from many quitters that the desire to smoke does not disappear for the rest of their lives (for me). This time. Exacerbation of health problems (up to very serious ones). Two. Third - well, I don’t see any improvements, but for the sake of them everything was started. What do you say, doctor?
My answer: You should always throw. This is always useful for any experience. Smoking is always bad. Everyone can quit smoking. Moreover, most smokers can quit smoking at once. One has only to hospitalize them somewhere with a strict regime, and all nicotine addiction is removed as if by hand. I treated my patients with nicotine preparations for ten years and did not notice any difference. It's not so much a physical addiction as promiscuity.
