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TOBACCO CESSATION: AVAILABLE TREATMENT MODALITIES, LIMITATIONS, AND SOLUTIONS
*Dr. Sanvritti M.
ABSTRACT
Tobacco use is associated with 5 million deaths per year worldwide and is considered as one of the leading causes of premature death.[1] The few reports of tobacco use in different population groups report its prevalence from about 15% to over 50% among men.[2] Differences in its prevalence are rather wide for the non-smoking forms. Overall, smoking causes 1 in 5 deaths.[1] Long-term effects of smoking include lung and throat cancer due to tar in cigarettes. Carbon monoxide in cigarettes also reduces the amount of oxygen available to the muscles, brain, and blood. Overtime, this causes airways to narrow and blood pressure to rise, which leads to cardiovascular effects.[3] The chance that a lifelong smoker will die prematurely from a complication of smoking is approximately 50%.[1]
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