27 Feb. 65 Prof. Dr. Wichai Ekplakorn, Department of Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Project leader of the Thai people’s health survey by physical examination No. 6, 2019-2020, revealed that from the results of the Thai health survey, 27.0 percent of the 9.9 million Thai smokers, or 2,679,184 people, have chronic diseases. Any one of the 5 diseases is diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease If including smokers with other chronic diseases such as cancer, dementia, and tuberculosis, the proportion of Thai smokers with chronic diseases may be as high as one-third of all smokers.
Prof. Dr. Prakit Watisathakakit, president of the Campaign for Non-Smoker Foundation, said that the smoking rate of Thai men in this survey was 29.5%, with diabetes 21.0%, heart disease 16.2%, and hypertension 27.4%. have all chronic chronic diseases Smoking makes it more difficult to treat an underlying disease. The disease progresses faster and more severely. while people with all chronic diseases Quitting smoking is of the utmost importance to reduce the severity of the disease. reduce the incidence of complications People with all kinds of congenital diseases So try to quit smoking. including electronic cigarettes while the family has to help by encouraging smokers to quit what is important is Smokers and their families must jointly enforce no smoking in the home. This will be the starting point for smokers to smoke less. and make it easier to quit smoking
