How does tobacco affect your health?
Tobacco kills 75,000 people in France every year, and smoking multiplies the risk of lung cancer by 10 to 15. There are many benefits to quitting smoking. Firstly, in terms of health, quitting smoking will significantly reduce your risk of developing cardiovascular disease and numerous cancers. Quitting smoking will also preserve your skin, complexion and teeth. As nicotine is an exciting substance, stopping its consumption will help you feel less stressed on a daily basis. Finally, by giving up smoking, you can protect your family from the risks associated with passive smoking.
For further information, we recommend that you consult :
- Le site info tabac
- Tabac info service website
- The Santé Publique France website and its section on tobacco
- The "Amelie" health insurance site and its thematic file on tobacco
And more specifically, the resources you can consult to stop smoking:
- Tabac info service: the application that suggests ways to stop smoking, which you can download here.
- 3889: a free telephone service staffed by tobaccologists, Monday to Saturday, 8am to 8pm.
- A tobaccologist: a professional who can help you quit under the right conditions, easily found on the tabac info service website here