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29/08/2012
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Brasília - Brazil spent 0.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2011 to treat tobacco-related diseases, according to a survey done by the NGO Alliance for Tobacco Control (ACT). Expenditures totaled almost $ 21 billion last year. The National Day Against Tobacco is remembered today (29) around the country.
According to data from the ACT, 82% of lung cancer cases in the country are caused by smoking. Other health problems are also caused by smoking: 83% of cases of laryngeal cancer are related to smoking, 13% of cases of cervical cancer and 17% of cases of myeloid leukemia.
In the Federal District (DF), for example, revenues, on average, is R$ 6.2 million per month from the sale of cigarettes (the value corresponds to 25% of the price per packet). Moreover, the local government spends R$ 18 million a month on the treatment of diseases linked to smoking, according to the pulmonologist and coordinator of the Tobacco Control Program of the Department of Health of the Federal District, Celso Rodrigues.
For the doctor, the figures show the impact of addiction on health. According to Rodrigues, smoking creates addiction, physical and psychological, which influences the treatment. "It is very important that the person understands her relationship with cigarettes. She has to understand why you smoke, why you want to quit smoking and where the difficulty lies, why not stopped until now, "he explains.
The department offers group therapy for one year and three months, in 62 health facilities and 47 companies qualified to meet employees interested in quitting smoking. Prevention and health promotion are also promoted in schools.
On average, 500 smokers entering treatment in health units every month. About 400 patients are able to stop smoking, and 200 have relapses during therapy - where patients are advised to seek the office again if back to smoking.
Cigarette smoking is addictive because the main component - nicotine - causes the brain to release dopamine, a hormone that gives a pleasant feeling. The smoker's body is asking for higher doses of nicotine to repeat that feeling and the person feels the need to smoke more and more.
The harm caused by smoking are not only related to the respiratory system. According Mônica Andreis, deputy director of ACT, people call a cigarette only to lung cancer. "It also causes cancer of the bladder, mouth, tongue, pharynx, fertility problems and stroke."
Source: Agency Brazil
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