Lungs cancer in Pakistan
Munaj Gul Muhammad
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Lung cancer is a fatal disease which is spreading in Pakistan, and there are so many causes of it. Lung cancer is very high as it is with higher prevalence of smoking. The main reason for developing lung cancer is smoking, and smoking is very common among young

Lung cancer is a fatal disease which is spreading in Pakistan, and there are so many causes of it. Lung cancer is very high as it is with higher prevalence of smoking. The main reason for developing lung cancer is smoking, and smoking is very common among young boys and girls. In Pakistan mostly school children are witnessed busy smoking tobacco which is really dangerous for their health. The chain-smoking (a person who smoke cigarettes a lot), their health are being affected terribly. Recently it is recorded that nearly 90% of lung cancer cases are the result of smoking tobacco. It is really a crummy habit, because for a small entertainment we are destroying so many precious parts of our body. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), lung cancer causes more than 7.6 million deaths every year in the world, and it is also killing plenty of people in Pakistan. But no winsome steps are being taken by the government or the people.

Moreover, Lung cancer is claiming too many lives of people in Pakistan, and it is really unfortunate that youths are suffering from this lethal disease. Recently, it was reported that about 1.3 billion people are regular smokers world- wide and every day between 8,200 and 9,900 youngsters start smoking. Smoking is becoming more popular among school children, reportedly, 1,000 to 1,200 teens smoke daily, and most of them lose their lives. If we talk about the tobacco smoking in Pakistan then it is showing that is legal and due to this, children are taking it for granted. According to WHO, World Health Organization smoking in Pakistan has increased by 30 percent over the last decade? According to a latest research, more than 80 percent adults begin smoking before they turn 18 years of age. Children under the age of 18 say that it’s easy to buy tobacco products, which is a cause of concerns for parents. It is really an ominous thing, and approximately 1,200 teens start smoking daily which is also increasing the number of diseases. Plenty of smokers die after suffering from lung and mouth cancer. There are so many other crummy things like cigarettes. For me it is so sad to mention that in Pakistan the people are mostly victims of tobacco and Gutka. Gutka causes many heinous or horrible diseases; the addicted people of Gutka suffer from the mouth cancer grossly. It is estimated that more than 75 percent of the people are admitted to the hospitals that are suffering from mouth cancer and among them 7 percent of the patients are children. Mostly we can see the people who are staying in Karachi are Gutka addicted or victims of Gutka. Gutka sellers are spoiling the children lives for this our government must take strong measures to ban selling Gutka in Pakistan and save the citizens from this loathsome or deadly disease and for the overcome of smoking tobacco we need to make a splendid culture in our country where everyone must be aware about the causes of smoking and must not smoke.