What has happened to your lungs after smoking for 30 years?

Smoking not only harms your own body, but also threatens the health of your loved ones.

According to statistics, among non-smokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or at work, the risk of heart disease increases by 25-30% and the risk of lung cancer increases by 20-30%. Secondhand smoke causes 38,000 deaths each year, of which 3,400 die from lung cancer in non-smokers. Sudden infant death syndrome, ear infections, respiratory infections and asthma can all occur in children exposed to secondhand smoke.

References

[1] China has about 350 million smokers, and the average age of first-time smokers has dropped to 19.7 years old. [EB/OL]. China News Network. 2006

[2] Wen Feng. Mindfulness Method Smoking Cessation Manual: Jinan University Press, 2015-2: 31-32

[3] Zhang Zhenqiang, Sun Ning. Ministry of Health Planning Textbook Synchronous Lecture and Refinement: Pathology (8th Edition): Fourth Military Medical University Press, 2013-10: 62-62

[4] Zhang Yin. Health Culture Construction Series Focuses on the Harms of Tobacco. Xi’an: Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology Press, 2013: 8-9

[5] A smoker in Jiangsu smoked three packs of cigarettes a day and got stomach cancer at the age of 35. Yangtze Evening News. 2019

[6] Lung cancer has ranked first in terms of the number of cases and deaths among malignant tumors for 10 consecutive years. [EB/OL]. China Women's News. 2020

Source: Higher-end humans