Smoking is something you should quit

Smoking-related diseases are always a much-talked-about issue. Although smoking cannot be identified as the direct cause of cancer, many studies have shown that smoking increases one’s risk of getting cancer at some point in life.

Doctor Yussuf Saloojee, executive director of the National Council against Smoking, would like to urge South Africans to quit smoking due to its harmful consequences.

“The use of tobacco causes or aggravates about 43 different diseases, including 17 types of cancer, heart attacks, strokes and lung disease. Smoking does not cause TB, but people with TB are at greater risk of death if they smoke. Smoking during pregnancy also increases the risk of a stillbirth and miscarriage.”

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