Smoking in our country Claduia Estruga, Blanca Morรกn and Mariona-Ling Ramos
THE IMPORTANT DANGER OF SMOKING Smoking is the main cause of death.The people who smokes die from 5 to 8 years before that the one who doesn’t smoke. Each cigarette contains more of 4.000 substances wich 70 are carcinogenic. Smoking generally has negative health effects, because smoke inhalation poses challenges to such as respiration. Diseases related to tobacco smoking have been shown to kill approximately half of long-term smokers when compared to average mortality rates faced by non-smokers. The habitual consumption of cigarettes causes a strong dependence to the nicotine.
teenagers In Spain the average age to start smoking is from 13 years. Currently 27.5% of young people between 12 and 20 years old are smokers.In fact, 82% of young smokers would like to stop smoking altogether in the next 12 months (45%) or reduce their consumption (36%) and half have tried it on some occasion. Despite the 'good intentions' during the last attempt, the vast majority (81%) smoked again before 3 months.
Laws It can be sell tobacco, in bars, restaurants, hotels... on a vending machines, but you can’t smoke neither inside nor in publics areas. Also there’re somking areas. It’s illegal to sell any kind of tobacco to people under 18 years old. It is prohibited to give free samples of cigarettes.Tobacco advertising it’s also illegal in Spain and it’s a have to put the consequences in the package.