Hospital Severo Ochoa revalidates its commitment with health from tobacco

world no tobacco day

-the Hospital again achieved accreditation of silver category in the network of hospitals without smoke of the Madrid

Madrid, June 2012.- El Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa de Leganés, attached to the hospital network of the community of MadridIt has been revalidated its commitment with health from tobacco again getting the accreditation of silver category in the network of hospitals without smoke of the community of Madrid to which it belongs. This accreditation strengthens the involvement of the Hospital in actions for the promotion of health and prevention of tobacco use.

The network of hospitals without smoke of the community of Madrid and the European network requires to comply with a number of obligations with the ultimate aim of maintaining the health environment smoke-free. Why the Hospital guarantees to patients, families and workers a healthcare and smoke-free working environment.

In this regard, it is noteworthy that tobacco use is recognized as the most important isolated cause of morbidity and premature mortality preventable. It is related to more than 25 diseases and is the cause of more than 30% of cancers and more than 55,000 deaths a year in our country. Y afecta tanto a quienes consumen como a los que respiran un aire contaminado por el humo del tabaco

Algunos de los miembros del Comité de Prevención del Tabaquismo del Hospital, del que forma la Dirección, y voluntarios de la Asociación Española contra el Cáncer

Día Mundial sin Tabaco

El Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa se une también al Día Mundial sin Tabaco31 May, promoted by the World Health Organization reminding all who come to the Centre the harmful effects have tobacco. To do so, the Hospital, in collaboration with the Spanish Association against cancer, has maintained during the day an informative table thereon.

Chewing gum and balloons for tobacco aimed to raise awareness of this public health problem. According to data from the community of Madrid the consumption of tobacco in the community maintains a downward trend, which accuses especially from the middle of the Decade of the nineties. According to the latest report of the system of surveillance of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (Sivfrent-2011), currently, 28.3% of the population aged 18 to 64, i.e. 3% less compared to last year (31.5%) consumed tobacco. Tobacco is slightly more common in men than in women (28.4% compared to 28.2%).

If we look at the figures of the Spanish Association against cancer one every 3 teenage tobacco consumer develops a clinically relevant unit until the age of 35 years. But what is really worrying is that the average age of onset of tobacco use is 13.3 years being the average age of home in the daily consumption the 14.3 years.

If we take into account that approximately 85-90% of all lung cancers is directly related to tobacco and that lung cancer will be the second in incidence by the year 2015 according to the Spanish society of medical oncology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa breaks with tobacco not only the world no tobacco day but every day of the year.