This happened in 20 19. Uncle Wang was diagnosed with pulmonary nodules, the size of which was about 1cm. The doctor suggested conservative treatment. Immediately, the doctor learned that Uncle Wang's living habits were very poor, and he had to smoke a pack of cigarettes every day, so the doctor warned him that if he continued to smoke, the nodule might develop into lung cancer.
Although Uncle Wang is a heavy smoker, he still knows what he wants between life and cigarettes, so Uncle Wang began to try to give up smoking.
At first, it was difficult. After giving up smoking for half a year, Uncle Wang felt weak and exhausted. This is because he is so addicted to smoking that he can't give up for a while. One day, Uncle Wang's friend came back from Tibet and brought back a special kind of "cigarette".
My friend told Uncle Wang that this kind of cigarette is called "tea cigarette" and is made of local tea. My friend also quietly told Uncle Wang that there was no nicotine or cigarettes in it. It was very comfortable to smoke and had the effect of quitting smoking. I heard that it can also keep fit.
Uncle Wang tried one incredibly. In an instant, Uncle Wang felt refreshed, and a chill ran down his throat to his lungs. This kind of tea is much easier to smoke than cigarettes! From then on, Uncle Wang began to smoke this kind of tea.
Due to the change of health concept, many old smokers are no longer satisfied with cigarettes and start smoking "tea cigarettes". So are cigarettes made of tea really healthier than cigarettes? The doctor will make it clear to you.
Tea contains a variety of vitamins, tea polyphenols and trace elements, and is a healthy drink. In ancient times, tea was also used as a traditional Chinese medicine to treat indigestion.
Therefore, some merchants seize the smoker's psychology of both health preservation and smoking, and crush and extract tea leaves, extract concentrated substances of tea leaves, add chemicals such as flavors and condiments, and then use cigarettes to make "tea cigarettes" similar to cigarettes but not cigarettes. It is labeled as harmless and nicotine-free.
In order to find out whether tea cigarettes are harmful, some scientists specially bought ordinary tea cigarettes for experiments. As a result, nicotine was really not found. But if you think this is over, it's impossible.
The harmful substances in cigarettes are not only nicotine, but also more than 200 kinds of harmful substances. Is there anything in the tea and cigarettes? There must be.
The simplest thing is that all substances can't burn completely in an instant, so carbon monoxide will be produced, and carbon monoxide is a toxic gas, which can antagonize the combination of blood cells and oxygen atoms and affect the oxygen supply ability of the body. Long-term inhalation of carbon monoxide will affect organ health.
In addition, tea smoke is an extract of tea leaves, so it is similar to tobacco in dry leaves, so it will definitely produce smoke after burning. The main components of smoke are inhalable particles, which are probably PM2.5-PM 10, all of which can be inhaled by the lungs.
When these solid particles enter the lungs, they can completely block the alveoli, thus affecting the expansion of the lungs. Like uncle Wang mentioned above, he already has lung nodules. If you continue to drink tea, the nodules will become bigger and bigger, accelerating the process of lung cancer.
In addition, there are a lot of tar and acetaldehyde in tea smoke, which are not harmful to the human body at all, so don't delude yourself that tea smoke can replace cigarettes, both of which are harmful to the body.
In addition to tea cigarettes, there are also e-cigarettes that need attention. From a professional and responsible point of view: e-cigarettes can't quit smoking, and it is also harmful to the body.
E-cigarette is a kind of atomizer driven by rechargeable lithium polymer, which generates "smoke oil vapor" by heating the smoke oil in e-cigarette for users to extract. The interesting thing about this kind of electronic cigarette is that the inventor can add various flavors into it according to the preferences of the crowd to make electronic cigarettes with various flavors, such as peaches and grapes.
So this kind of e-cigarette is really completely harmless. Can it replace cigarettes? Just look at the attitude of WHO. A few years ago, some experts from WHO studied the ingredients of e-cigarettes, then blacklisted them, and declared that e-cigarettes are harmful to public health, so it is necessary to strengthen control and put an end to the harm to teenagers and non-smokers.
In the autumn and winter of 20 19, a very serious pneumonia incident broke out in the United States, and finally it was found out that it was caused by e-cigarettes. This incident is called "e-cigarette pneumonia incident". In 2020, China National Tobacco Bureau announced that it would strictly manage the sales of e-cigarette shops and severely crack down on the sales of e-cigarettes on e-commerce platforms.
From the above attitude, we can know that e-cigarettes are also harmful products. Long-term smoking of e-cigarettes may have the following hazards:
1, carcinogenic
The US Food and Drug Administration has analyzed and tested more than a dozen electronic cigarettes on the market, and found that almost all electronic cigarettes contain chemicals harmful to human body, such as diethylene glycol and nitrosamines. Long-term large intake will cause kidney damage, which may lead to acute renal failure and may also cause cancer.
French scientists also found that the nicotine content in some e-cigarettes is higher than that in tobacco-leaf cigarettes. The nicotine content in e-cigarettes can completely kill a newborn baby, especially a substance called acrolein produced after high temperature heating, which is more toxic among poisons.
2, epilepsy, pneumonia, addiction
In 20 19 years, 127 cases of adolescent epilepsy after smoking e-cigarettes were found in the United States. After investigation, it is determined that it is directly related to some substances in e-cigarettes. In the same year, a health official in the United States announced that a loyal fan of e-cigarettes died of severe lung lesions caused by excessive inhalation of e-cigarettes.
20 19 China Central Channel broadcast a news that teenagers who have been smoking e-cigarettes for a long time have symptoms of nicotine dependence, which runs counter to the propaganda that e-cigarettes are "nicotine-free and not addictive".
At present, the market value of e-cigarettes in China has exceeded several billion dollars. Like cigarettes, e-cigarettes are behind the blood and tears of countless children and families.
To sum up, if you want to quit smoking, quit smoking well and don't find any cigarette substitutes to comfort yourself. Nothing in this world makes you feel good and completely harmless. Quitting smoking depends on will. I hope everyone will never be harmed by cigarettes again.