Ibrahim Buthainah A, Al-Humaish Saif, Al-Obaide Mohammed A I
Department of Physics, Diyala University, Baquba, Iraq.
Biomedica, LLC, Sterling Heights, MI, United States.
Front Public Health. 2018 Oct 26;6:311. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00311. eCollection 2018.
Tobacco smoking is a research topic of high interest to the public health in Iraq. Although Iraq is a country with a high percentage of smokers, we noticed the dearth of adequate studies and programs to deal with this problem. The percentage of smokers exceed 30% of the population and smoking problem becomes a permanent habit in adults and young people. The problems associated with tobacco smoking behavior related to individuals' post-traumatic stress disorder following post-war conflicts, and the social and cultural environment. The health consequences of tobacco smoking can harm almost every organ in the body, and there are reports confirmed the tobacco smoking is a high-risk factor for lung cancer and other diseases. The relative risk of lung cancer increases with increasing duration and intensity of smoking. Also, smoking associated with bladder, prostate, and head and neck cancers, in addition to respiratory diseases. Intervention efforts should focus on reducing the prevalence of cigarette smoking, introduce effective treatments for cancer and quit smoking. In this perspective article, we present our viewpoint and three scenarios to deal with the problem of tobacco smoking in Iraq. We recommend introducing educational, health and legislative policies for quitting smoking and using effective treatments for cancer.
吸烟是伊拉克公共卫生领域备受关注的研究课题。尽管伊拉克是一个吸烟者比例很高的国家，但我们注意到应对这一问题的充分研究和项目匮乏。吸烟者比例超过人口的30%，吸烟问题在成年人和年轻人中成为一种长期习惯。与吸烟行为相关的问题涉及战后冲突后个人的创伤后应激障碍，以及社会和文化环境。吸烟对健康的影响几乎会损害身体的每个器官，并且有报告证实吸烟是肺癌和其他疾病的高风险因素。肺癌的相对风险随着吸烟时间和强度的增加而增加。此外，吸烟还与膀胱癌、前列腺癌以及头颈癌有关，还会引发呼吸系统疾病。干预措施应侧重于降低吸烟率，引入有效的癌症治疗方法并帮助戒烟。在这篇观点文章中，我们阐述我们的观点以及应对伊拉克吸烟问题的三种设想。我们建议出台关于戒烟的教育、健康和立法政策，并采用有效的癌症治疗方法。
