After all, the combustion of tobacco present in cigarettes, pipes, cigars, etc. releases a great variety of toxic and carcinogenic substances for humans and animals.
The damages caused by smoking, including passive smoking, are numerous and mainly concern: the cardio-circulatory system, the respiratory system, the digestive system (esophagus and stomach in particular), the oral cavity, the brain, the scalp, the skin, the bones and the genital system.
Furthermore, it should not be forgotten that smoking is harmful to pregnant women, weighs heavily on the smoker's economic resources and can be a reason for bitter quarrels between family and friends.
According to the statistics, in Italy:
- Smokers are more than 11.6 million, or 22% of the population; of these 11.6 million smokers, 11.1% belong to the youth population aged between 14 and 17 years.
- The annual deaths from the damage of smoking are between 70,000 and 83,000; of these deaths, 25% are individuals between the ages of 35 and 65.
In recent years, numerous studies have shown that the combustion of a cigarette releases a "wide variety of toxic substances, some of which are even carcinogenic.
of tobacco (which would otherwise be bitter), this processing involves the voluntary and involuntary introduction, in the tobacco itself, of substances harmful to health. For example, during processing, tobacco develops involuntarily, as a result of a natural biological reaction, the so-called nitrosamines specific to tobacco, while it is enriched, by a voluntary action of the producer, of substances such as ammonia and acetaldehyde.
But that is not all.
During its cultivation, the tobacco used for cigarettes acquires other substances from the soil, air and fertilizers which, once subjected to combustion, are toxic to the human organism.
