2.6 million Thai smokers have 5 chronic diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, and cerebrovascular disease, difficult to treat, serious complications
On February 27, 2022 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, it was found that There are 9.9 million Thai smokers, 27.0% or 2,679,184 people have any one of 5 chronic diseases, namely diabetes, high blood pressure. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease If including smokers with all 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 Vatisathakakit, President of the Foundation for Non-Smokers Campaign said that although it is good that the smoking rate in patients with chronic diseases is lower than in the general Thai population The smoking rate of Thai men in this survey was 29.5%, diabetes 21.0%, heart disease 16.2%, hypertension 27.4%, but patients with all chronic diseases Smoking makes it more difficult to treat an underlying disease. The disease progresses faster and more severely.
A clear example is a person with diabetes. Smoking can make it harder to control your sugar levels. need more medication have complications, such as coronary artery disease or cerebrovascular disease Kidney failure occurs faster. or people with high blood pressure and smoking More drugs are needed to control blood pressure. and will cause heart disease and cerebral veins faster, kidney failure and more severe
“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.” Prof. Dr. Prakit say
side Dr. Piyawan Limpanyalert, MD. Director of the Institute for Accreditation of Hospitals said that the new hospital and health service standards to come into effect soon, requiring all health care providers Must have a history of smoking Record a diagnosis of nicotine addiction. and must lay down guidelines for medical treatment by various methods including the involvement of the patient’s family which hospitals and service providers must comply with this new standard So that all smoking patients receive treatment to quit smoking.
This is for the maximum benefit of caring for patients. Quitting smoking will have a positive effect on the health of patients with other diseases. and those who are sick with diseases caused by smoking Therefore, we would like to publicize this new HA standard so that hospitals, patients and families have the same understanding. and cooperate in implementing new standards
