Modern problems of smoking

They do not think that all again, and continue to harbor illusions. What happens at a social level? Family life is chaotic, painful and unpredictable. As a result, new roles, rules and rituals. Productive communication in the family disappears, the family members move away from each other because of painful relationships, and from others for fear of being exposed. Unwritten rules by which the family begins to function, as follows: "Do not tell, do not feel, do not trust." The state of such families can be characterized as a chronic: among its members, as well as chronically dependent, too, are failures, and if nothing is done, it will shatter the psychic, mental and physical health is the whole family. For the recovery of the family need to focus on recovery of each member. Codependency - a disease. Untreated, it progresses, leading to a complete physical, emotional, social and spiritual disintegration of personality. This disease is secondary, because it is a reaction to the primary disease - chemical dependency. Codependency, as well as chemical dependency, is "contagious": a model of behavior in the family she can move on to our children and grandchildren. To save your family's health, you need time to consult specialists who are ready to spend as an individual consultation and group therapy. Center for Materials "heal"

Source: Journal of Quality of Life. Prevention. " Number 2 March-April 2003 www.profilaktika.ru

Current problems of tobacco smoking

All forms of tobacco, including smoking cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chew or snuff, and the impact on smoking tobacco products of combustion (passive or forced smoking) significantly affect the morbidity and premature mortality caused by more than 20 different diseases. For example, 30-40% of all deaths from coronary heart disease associated with smoking cigarettes, the same percentage of the influence of smoking on death from cancer. And again, tobacco is the cause of 90% of all cases of lung cancer. In addition, smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage, reduced birth weight, increases the incidence of fetal death is the cause of backwardness in physical and mental development of the unborn child. It also reduces fertility in women and violates the sperm in men. Shown that the risk of diseases associated with both the number of cigarettes smoked and the duration of smoking. Reduction of nicotine and tar in cigarettes may slightly reduce the risk of disease, but this fact needs further study. Nevertheless, the concept of a safe cigarette, or safe level of smoking does not exist. However, stopping smoking can reduce the risk of disease. So, within 5 years from people who quit smoking, the risk of dying from lung cancer gradually decreases and reaches a level comparable with the level of smoking.