This file photo shows some Vietnamese young people smoking. Tuoi Tre Vietnam is one of 15 countries with the highest number of smokers in the world, and every year the country loses about VND22 trillion (US$1.04 billion) to cigarettes, a workshop was told. The striking figures were released at a seminar held by the Health Ministry’s Program for Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms on Thursday. The event was aimed to update information and data in the fight against tobacco and to review the country’s performance in handling violations of tobacco-related regulations. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Smoking is one the leading causes of death in Smoking-related diseases kill over 40,000 people in Every year smokers in 5.5 minutes of life lost per cigarette Tobacco kills nearly six million people in the world each year, of whom more than 5 million are users or ex-users. More than 600,000 are nonsmokers exposed to second-hand smoke, according to the WHO. Scientists warn that smoking one cigarette causes a loss of 5.5 minutes of life expectancy. The average life span of smokers is 5-8 years shorter than non-smokers. In women, smoking may cause infertility, premature menopause, ectopic pregnancy, pre-birth fetal death, miscarriage, and cervical cancer. Smoking when pregnant may lead to underweight newborns, premature birth, and after-birth hemorrhage. In men, smoking may increase their risk of impotence by twice, reduce the ability to produce sperm, cause sperm deformity, and decrease the ability of sperm movement. TUOITRENEWS |
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