Κάπνισμα και προσδόκιμο ζωής στην Ελλάδα
Smoking and life expectancy in Greece
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Κάπνισμα ; Προσδόκιμο ζωής ; Ελλάδα ; Smoking ; Life expectancy ; GreeceAbstract
Nowadays, smoking is considered a chronic and recurrent epidemic. A large number of
people in the world have died because of smoking. Smoking poses risks for many forms
of cancer, cardiovascular disease, ischemic stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, infertility, gestational abnormalities, and much
more. It is also worth noting that more people have died of smoking-related diseases than
in both world wars. Therefore, smoking is directly related to life expectancy, and all
countries in the world must take appropriate measures to reduce, if not eliminate, the
epidemic of smoking.