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The British health system may provide smokers with e-cigarette

Submitted by Tianli on Mon, 09/21/2015 - 23:55

In order to help quit smoking, the national health system (NHS) may provide smokers with e-cigarettes.

Nowadays, although e-cig using e cigarette pressure sensor is becoming more and more popular and there are 2.6 million people in England smoking such cigarettes, some public health experts hold different opinions on the safety of these cigarettes. Some think that e-cig at least is less dangerous than traditional ones, and becomes another choice for smokers; however, some others consider that e-cig is another way to be addicted to.

The British public health department designated a group of experts to make evaluations on e-cig using electronic cigarette pressure sensor , and they have got clear result on the safety that it reduced 95% risks than smoking traditional cigarettes. Generally speaking, traditional ones contain hundreds of chemical materials that are harmful to human body, while e-cig has different chemical matters and nicotine. Currently there are 80,000 people in England dying of smoking diseases each year, and if all smokers had e-cig using electret condenser microphone instead, the death toll will decrease 4000 people.

Smoking is bad for the lung and stomach

Many people know smoking is bad for the lung and even develop into COPD, bronchitis, and lung cancer etc., but what they do not know is that smoking will also hurt the stomach. The smoking cessation clinic of Zhongda Hospital Southest University recently received two patients who have 20 years of smoking history, and feel the stomach uncomfortable for a long time, and finally diagnosed as reflux esophagitis. The doctor suggested to regularly quit smoking, otherwise the stomach disease will be in repeated attack.

Experts express that burning the tobacco will produce gases invading the digestive tract in "sea and air" ways: When smoking, some smoke will enter from the pharynx through esophagus into the stomach even the intestines, which is regarded as the "air way", and the smoke will directly connect with the gastrointestinal mucous membrane; after most smoke that enters the respiratory tract directly connects with the mucosa of respiratory tract, the harmful contents will be absorbed into the blood and delivered further, which is regarded as the "water way". Among all the damages in the digestive tract, the upper gastrointestinal tract consisted of esophagus, stomach, liver, spleen and pancreas is the first worst-hit area. In addition, there are more and more reflux esophagitis in our country in recent years, which has great relationship with the increasing number of the smokers.

It is learnt that smoking is not only the common reason of Chronic Gastritis, but the important factor of ulcer. Smoking will not only weaken the protection mechanism of the gastric mucosa, but promote and strengthen the attacking factors of gastric mucosa, such as the increase of the gastric acid secretion. The latest research shows that the more a person smokes, the longer time it takes for ulcer healing. If the patients with uncomfortable stomach do not thoroughly quit smoking, the gastroesophageal reflux will not only be out of control, but has a bad ulcer treatment effect. Experts say that if ulcer patients smoke for a long time and do not control this behavior, the ulcer medicine will not work well, and even increase the relapse rate.

How to spend the first 5 days during smoking quitting? We suggest the following 7 methods:

(1)Drink 6-8 cups of water between two meals in order to eliminate the nicotine.

(2)Take warm water bath every day. Shower at once when you cannot stand the tobacco addiction.

(3)Have enough rest in the 5 days' quitting smoking with a regular life style.

(4)Take a walk outside after meal, and take deep breath for 15-30 minutes.

(5)Do not intake stimulating drinks, and drink milk, fresh juice and grain drinks instead.

(6)Try to avoid eating poultry food, fried food, candies and disserts.

(7)Eat multiple kinds of Vitamin B Complex that can relax the nerve and eliminate nicotine.