SEPAR supports the decision of the Ministry of health of maintaining the current law of health measures to control smoking.
Spain, January 2012- the Spanish society of Pneumology and thoracic surgery applauds the decision of the Ministry of health of maintaining the current law of health measures to control smoking. According to Dr. Carlos Jiménez Ruiz, Coordinator of the area of smoking of SEPAR active smoking causes 53,000 deaths a year in Spain and passive smoking produces more than 3,200 deaths. We can say that in Spain die every day 145 people as a result of tobacco. Smoking becomes the leading preventable cause of death in our country
Many more people die as a result of the smoking than those who do as a result of traffic accidents, or accidents ”.
Smoking is the leading cause of avoidable death in Spain. Smoking is addictive and chronic disease that causes mainly three types of pathological processes: cardiovascular disease (ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, aneurysm of aorta, peripheral vascular pathology, angina pectoris etc), respiratory disease (COPD, cancer of lung, etc) and tumor diseases (cancer of the larynx)(, cancer of the oral cavity, esophagus cancer, cancer of stomach, cancer of bladder, etc.). In addition, scientific studies show that children subjected to smoke tobacco more easily contracted respiratory diseases. In Spain, young people begin smoking to the 13.5 years. Should not be necessary to provide more data than those who are here – says Dr. Jiménez Ruiz, Coordinator of the smoking area of the SEPAR – to show that tobacco kills and is the responsibility of the polÃtica-sanitaria Administration provide the necessary resources, in this case an appropriate legislation to protect the health of nonsmokers against polluted air by the tobacco smoke and, moreover, be able to prevent that young people will start in the use of this drug.
Currently, SEPAR smoking area develops a study that analyzes the impact on the prevalence of secondhand and morbidity attributed to it, the entry into force of the current law at the beginning of the year 2011. Data, which will be available in the middle of the month of January speak clearly of great benefit that the current law of health measures against smoking is taking place in the Spanish public health. One of the good news for next year Рindeed, says Dr. Jim̩nez Ruiz, Coordinator of the smoking area of the SEPAR Рand an excellent gift of Kings that makes the new Minister to the Spanish public health is to persevere in the maintenance of the current legislation for control of tobacco use.
