World No Tobacco Day: How Tobacco Causes Long Term Harm

Tobacco (Both smoke and smoke less) continues to be a rising menace in all age groups and is the leading cause of many cancers in the body.

Know How Tobacco Causes Long Term Harm

Long-term exposure to second-hand smoke causes lung cancer, coronary heart disease and cardiac death. Non-smokers who live with smokers are at increased risk of coronary heart disease by 25%-30% and lung cancer by 20%-30%. (Image Source: Getty)

Each puff of cigarette smoke contains more than 7,000 compounds, at least 60 of which are known carcinogens(cancer-causing agents). Benzene, formaldehyde, aromatic amines, nitrosamines, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are a few of these. (Image Source: Getty)