Danger of Cigarette Smoke

End of July, the applicable law in the new state of New York in the United States. All people without exception should not be more smoking in restaurants and bars that spread across the state this. Ban smoking in public places like offices, malls, and others have been applied first. Business bistro or bar that does not carry out this new regulation imposed a fine of U.S. $ 2,000. Not a small fine. Regulations that prohibit loud people smoking in the second type of the place was originally applied only in the city of New York since the end of March ago. Four months later, this rule applies to the entire state of New York. In one bar the author observed, the smokers had to go out and stand at the bar near the back door to smoke. This may still be able to do with the rather liberal still remember the summer now. But it will be very difficult for the opium smoking is to stand outside when winter comes. It seems, time out new regulations is also to prepare for the coming winter.

New York is one of the states of the United States (U.S.), the wage incentive is very anti-smoking campaign. Costs incurred for this are not small, U.S. $ 60 million. This campaign is to prevent them in the sales of cigarettes to teenagers under the age of 18 years, create and deliver ads anti-smoking, dangers of smoking to inform the public, establishing programs for the dismissal habitue cigarette smoking and heavy subsidize the cost of medicines that can help people stop smoking.

Cost for this program actually comes from the "Tobacco industry settlement" that state of New York. History, prosecutors prosecutor general from 40 states in the U.S., started by the state of Mississippi, in the mid-1990s decades demanding compensation to a very large handful of cigarette companies and tobacco goods in the U.S.. Supported by strong evidence from the world of science and medicine, they reasoned that opium smoking is, cigarette smoke is very dangerous to health (causes cancer) and many U.S. citizens who died because of smoking. Costs incurred by the state government to deal with cancer patients is very large due to smoking. With this reason they are demanding compensation that is not small. Because you want to avoid the legal process is long and involved and also because the cigarette industry is afraid if proven guilty in court they are forced to pay compensation which is very large in number, they eventually give in and are willing to give peace settlement with the form of money to each state who file a claim.

Much research has revealed the dangers of cigarette smoke on biological and chemical aspects of the human body. Conducted the first study reported in the leading journal Science in October 1996 edition. P53 genes in DNA in the human body functions as a press tumor (tumor suppressor); if the function is turned off, the possibility of a tumor will increase. It is common known that cigarette smoke has a benzo [a] pyrene in a number of quite a lot. This molecule is similar karsinogen (agent causes cancer) and there is a danger in the smoke, the carbon particles are generated due to fine combustion is not perfect charcoal, oil, wood or other fuel. Danger molecule that is found in this smut has long been known. Many children who work as cleaning chimney smoke in London since the Great Fire in 1666 (the Great Fire of 1666) affected by testicular cancer.

Benzo [a] pyrene alone did not cause cancer. Network in the human body memetabolisme this material in a way to add oxygen to a ring these molekul, into a molecule called epoksi diol (diol epoxide). Metabolic purposes is to create a benzo [a] pyrene in the more easily soluble in water, so it is easy to remove from the body.

Unfortunately, the strategy for removing the substances that are not useful for this body to be known not for benzo [a] pyrene, because the molecules that, epoksi diol, not issued by the body. In fact, this molecule was successfully find a way to enter the cell nucleus, and then react with cellular DNA. Epoksi react very quickly with the basa-basa Lewis, and the structure of DNA has a section which is a basa-basa Lewis. Article in the journal Science, the researchers reported that the epoksi diol reacts with the DNA in the P53 genes known to be easy bermutasi. Many cases of lung cancer have a mutation of genes in this region gen P53. Conclusion research report states that the benzo [a] pyrene in cigarette smoke is a cause of direct mutation genes known to be associated with lung cancer.

U.S. is not the only country that has made people of the dangers of smoke this cigarette. Australia, New Zealand, Singapore has more cigarette before the fight. Some other countries such as Canada and Germany will follow the U.S.. Ireland is famous for its pub culture (smoking while you drink alcoholic beverages) will be the first European countries early next year that prohibits smoking in pub-pub.When Indonesia will doing bring to society? Perhaps more important to remember, if the Indonesian government is ready to fight health threats this one, it is better to follow the U.S., which is actively disseminating the policy. Without planning and to community a good, good for any of the policies issued akan easily die in the middle of the road be gazed at by many people.