Tobacco and health
60,000 premature deaths are due to
tobacco in France, which represents 10-15% of all deaths. If things continue as
at present, this number will double in 30 years.
The additional social costs of
smoking exceeds by far, the benefits of Seita and taxes collected by the state.
35,000 cancer deaths related to
smoking are identified each year in France. These are cancers of the lung and
upper aerodigestive tract.
Cardiovascular diseases and chronic
respiratory diseases directly related to smoking are 20,000 deaths per year,
not counting the large number of disability associated with these diseases.
However, the removal of smoking
would reduce by 25% the incidence of myocardial infarction or sudden death
before age 65.
Because of the latency to reveal the
diseases related to smoking, it is on prevention must be emphasized to prevent
children and adolescents from starting to smoke.
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