I have
observed over the years that many people want to live a long, quiet and successful
live. But it is also ironical but true that many people especially youths are
engaging in lifestyles that predispose them to several disease conditions that will
reduce the quality of their lives.
Oesophageal
cancer can also be called food pipe cancer is a type of cancer that affects the
food pipe. It is a devastating disease because it is the 6th most
common cause of cancer deaths worldwide.
Lifestyle factors such as obesity, smoking and
alcoholism cause 9 out of 10 cases of oesophageal cancer. The risks of
oesophageal cancer are higher when a person is involved in both drinking and
smoking because both act synergistically. Alcohol damages the cells around the
food pipe and enables the carcinogens in tobacco to be able to penetrate the
oesophageal epithelium more easily.
Smoking has
become the order of the day especially among youths even though tobacco
companies have warned that smokers are liable to die young. According to
research conducted each cigarette that a person smokes takes 10 minutes out of
a smoker’s life.
Estimate in
the past few years’ state that there are almost 7360 different compounds
present in cigarette, and it is likely that this number could still increase.
Of this number of compounds, 70 have confirmed carcinogenic activity in humans,
and many more are suspected carcinogens.
Some
organic compounds with more harmful effect in cigarette are: n-nitrosamines,
benzene, aromatic amines, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde, 1,3-Butadiene,
Acrolein, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons which causes detrimental effects such
as: high carcinogenic action, causes mutation in bone marrow, causes bladder
cancer, causes irritation of the eyes, kin, throat, mucus membranes, and
respiratory tract, suspected to be a human teratogen, heart disease and also
lower IQ and childhood asthma respectively. These are just a few detrimental
effects of smoking.
Abstaining
from smoking and alcoholism can increase people’s quality of life, enable you
to save more and give you time to plan. So why not avoid smoking in order to
have a long, better and a more fulfilled life.
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