The harm from smoking to the female body is 5: 1 compared with the male
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Italian scientists made speeches at the Paris congress of the European Cardiology Society on the problem of the harmful effects of smoking and the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the female body, Maria Emilia Bonaccorso said in a material published on the website of the newspaper Corriere della Sera.
"Tobacco smoke literally hates women: the proportion of harm caused to smoking by the female body compared to the male is 5: 1. These are the results of a study presented by Professor Ellen Tremoli from the Department of Pharmacological Sciences at the University of Milan at the Congress of the European Heart Society in Paris. Is particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of smoking, regardless of factors such as age, blood pressure, obesity, social status "- says the publication.
"It is known, the professor said, that women are naturally protected from cardiovascular diseases, especially before the onset of menopause, and for this reason less attention is paid to factors harmful to women's health, while in Europe, 4.3% of cardiovascular diseases die each year million people, of which 242 thousand - in Italy, and this figure is becoming more and more "pink."
"Another interesting fact is that the more educated a man is, the less contaminated his arteries, but this dependence is not observed for women," the author of the article retells. "Cardiovascular diseases are the" privilege "of men aged 55-60 years, then, for some time, there is equality between the sexes, but the proportions change about 75 years, according to Professor Roberto Ferrari, not only because of the weakening of hormonal protection with the onset of menopause, but also for the reason that of tires begin to lead healthy, "male" lifestyle is wrong, and a lot of eating, smoking, moving a little. "
"The campaign for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women so far seems to be lost," writes the journalist, "There are more and more women smoking women, while smoking and alcohol, according to another study, are costly for European women: they live longer than men, but worse, "concludes Bonaccorso.