Under the supervision of the dean of the faculty Prof. Khalid bin Mohammed Khery a lecture organized under the entitled: (Cigarette smoking: the risks of cardiovascular diseases, implementation of smoking cessation strategies) presented by Dr. / Mohammed Ansari Nazm Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Department, held on Tuesday, 24/7/1436 H corresponding to 05/13/2015.
Dr Nazm addressed the lecture where cigarette smoking is a major health problem in most countries of the world. According to health authorities, it is spending 11 billion Saudi riyals annually by six million smokers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in general aged between 16-40 years, and increases the risk of stroke from 2 to 4 times in smokers who smoke 20 cigarettes or more a day.
Some people tend to smoking from an early age in order to confirm their independence, or simply contrary to advice not to smoke, while others do smoking because of the spread of this bad phenomenon among family members or under the influence of role models and evolve smoking process in most cases to become habits and daily practices that they think it helps them by mistake on the performance of their business and solve their problems.
Several studies have reported that smoking eventually lead to heart attacks, as well as at least 20% of all deaths from heart disease are due to cigarette smoking. Smoking is not considered as the only cause of coronary heart disease, but is usually a key factor in the development of these diseases, in addition to its contribution in the development of many other serious diseases.
In spite of the difficulty of quitting smoking, the determination and strong desire for change for the better can help smokers to move away from this bad practice leading to the prevention of cardiovascular and lung diseases.
The lecture presented and scheduled in the framework of the unity of development activities and the quality of the college headed by Vice Dean for Development and Quality, Dr. Abdullah Bin Ali Al Qahtani in the second semester of the academic year 1435/1436.
