Even if you don't smoke, the smoke kills!

Grandmedical Hospital and Gediz Medical Center Chest Diseases specialist Dr. Ahmet Bilgin said that 6 million people die every year in the world due to smoking, and that it is necessary not to be in a smoking environment in order to stay away from the harms of smoking. Bilgin said, "The risk of lung cancer is 3 times higher than in non-smokers, even in those who are exposed to smoke even though they do not smoke."

As part of its social responsibility projects, Grandemidcal Hospital organizes awareness events on the fight against smoking, healthy nutrition and breast cancer at its Standard Profil Manisa Factory. At the stand set up at the factory, health workers are informed about these three issues and brochures are distributed to the workers. In addition, seminars are organized by the experts of the subject, with the participation of factory employees who wish. In the first seminar on combating smoking, Grandmedical Hospital and Gediz Medical Center Chest Diseases specialist Dr. Ahmet Bilgin talked about the harms of smoking and ways to get rid of this habit.

250 VICTIMS A DAY TO SMOKING IN TURKEY!

Stating that 1.1 billion people smoke in the world and 6 million people die every year due to smoking, Dr. Ahmet Bilgin pointed out that 600 thousand of these deaths were caused by passive smokers in the smoking environment. Bilgin said, "Unfortunately, the rate of smoking is high in our country. It is estimated that 17 million people smoke in total, and this rate is around 27 percent for people over the age of 15. Every year, we lose 100 thousand people due to smoking. This means that 200-250 people in our country quit smoking a day. It means he's dead," he said.