LUNG CANCER

WHAT IS LUNG CANCER?

Lung cancer is among the fastest growing cancers. Every year 1.8 million people fall prey to it, and 1.6 million die due to it. In India, the number of new cases increased from around 65,000 in 2009 to 90,000 in 2013, registering 15-20% increase annually," said Dr BK Sharma, acting director of the hospital. This increase, he said, is worrisome in India where people hesitate to consult doctors at the earliest or do not have access to them.

MAIN CAUSE:

Smoking tobacco contributes up to 90% of all lung cancer deaths. Men who smoke are twenty-threetimes more likely and women thirteen times more likely to develop lung cancer than nonsmokers. And smokers aren't just harming themselves; thousands of deaths each year have been attributed to secondhand smoke. Nonsmokers have a 20-30 percent higher risk of developing lung cancer if they're regularly exposed to cigarette smoke.
If, despite all the evidence and warnings, you are still a smoker, the most important step you should take is to stop! Please. Just stop. It's difficult for you but think of yourself and love yourself. Do not waste your life. The benefits of quitting are immediate. Just twenty minutes after quitting, your heart rate and blood pressure drops. Within a few weeks, your blood circulation and lung function improve. Within a few months, the sweeper cells that help clean the lungs, remove mucus, and reduce the risk of infection start to regrow. And within a year of quitting, your smoking-related risk of coronary heart disease becomes half that of current smokers. The human body possesses a miraculous ability to heal itself as long as we don't keep reinjuring it. Simple dietary changes may help to role back the damage wrought by the carcinogens in tobacco smoke. 
Please everybody, this is a request from my side to every smoker to please stop harming yourself. Please quit smoking. Normal cigarettes and electric cigarettes both are bad for health. 
Our next post will be about how to prevent Lung cancer and other respiratory diseases like Asthma!Again readers, eat healthy, stay healthy!