According to one of the latest polls conducted in the UK, one in ten people smokes, but hides their habit.

When interviewing more than 4,000 adults, it was found that 52% of people hide their habit from parents, even in adulthood, as reported by the Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. Net Three out of 10 smokers lied to their family doctor that they did not have this habit, and a quarter hid this fact from employers.

A third of smokers lied to members of their family, saying that they had abandoned the habit or had never smoked in their lives.

According to pharmacologist Angela Chalmers, few of the smokers are aware of the fact that two thin cigarettes a day can cause irreparable harm to their health. Oxides of combustion products reduce the amount of oxygen that is delivered to the tissues, which is expressed by headaches, fatigue, lethargy and dull skin that becomes more prone to wrinkles.

Researchers have determined that most often hide their habit residents of the capital and the largest cities.

The representatives of the smokers' rights group say that the society is completely unfair to smacking smokers, forcing them to hide and feel guilty.

"Smokers, secret or not, should not be allowed to treat them this way. The body belongs only to man, so he is free to dispose of it as he pleases, "- said the representative of the group of defenders of rights of smokers Forest, Neil Rafferty.

Medicinform. Net.

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