World No Tobacco Day丨What will happen if you smoke for more than 15 years?

Today is the 35th World No Tobacco Day.

The theme of this year's No Tobacco Day is: Tobacco threatens the environment.

Tobacco dependence is a chronic disease, and the harm caused by tobacco is one of the most serious public health problems in the world. Smoking and secondhand smoke seriously endanger human health.

The latest global cancer burden data for 2020 released by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) show:

In 2020, there were 9.96 million cancer deaths worldwide, of which 1.8 million were from lung cancer, ranking first in the number of cancer deaths. In 2020, there were 3 million cancer deaths in China, of which 710,000 were from lung cancer, accounting for 23.8% of the total cancer deaths.

What happens if you smoke for more than 15 years?

Every cigarette hurts more than one person! On World No Tobacco Day, let us spread the message and call for: Say no to smoking and say no to secondhand smoke!

Comprehensive sources: Science Popularization China, CCTV News, Global Times, etc.