The Department of Torrevieja health centres celebrate the week without smoke

-The torrevejense Department information reinforces the effects of tobacco and its prevention through posters, information leaflets and guides for the treatment.

Torrevieja, 2012-June The Department of health of Torrevieja, managed by Bank health and Asisa and integrated in the public network of the Generalitat Valenciana, has launched this week an informative reinforcement in its health centres on the approach of tobacco under the motto you leave it, you win ”.

The campaign, which has been promoted by the Spanish society of family and community medicine aims to sensitize the population about the importance of not exposure to the air polluted by tobacco smoke or passive smoking for health.

In addition, be that smokers are aware of the importance of the abandonment of tobacco for their current and future health at same time that motivate health professionals to carry out interventions on smokers, informing them that their health center is can help them to quit.

The Department of health of Torrevieja, has joined the celebration of the week smokeless ”, collaborating with this campaign and to contribute to the control of this public health problem affecting both our society.

Some data on tobacco

According to the information that facilitates the society of family and community medicine, passive smoking or inhalation of polluted by tobacco smoke causes acute and chronic respiratory symptoms, also asthma, diseases that affect the ear, ischemic heart disease (angina pectoris, myocardial infarction …)several types of cancer and even the sudden infant death.

Children are the hardest hit, moreover there is no safe level of exposure, or any device to eliminate tobacco smoke, as well as indicates the (SemFYC).

It is important, finally, note that when you stop smoking the body gets less tired, improves physical appearance, enhances sexuality and fertility, as well as the taste, the smell, in addition to the savings that this implies a year, as thus they remember from this entity.