Smoking Can Cause Infertility Among Women, Premature Birth Say Doctors
Smoking in women can cause infertility and premature baby birth,
warn doctors as they called for stricter tobacco control policy to save over
1.3 million lives which meet untimely death due to consumption of the deadly
product every year in India.
Dr. Uma Kumar, Professor and Head of the Department of
Rheumatology, AIIMS New Delhi said that smoking habits among women are on the
increase which is a matter of concern. It may result in infertility, cases of
which are also rising these days. Also, smoking may lead to premature birth,
she warned.
He further said that in the case of addictive products like
tobacco, awareness among people is not enough, but in such cases, the pricing
factor has a big impact. According to the principle of economics, if their
price is increased through tax, then it will help in reducing consumption, which
will also benefit those who use them. The existing taxes on tobacco products
are not enough, he argued.
Agarwal also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken
the resolution to make a healthy India, and in order to fulfill it, along with
treatment, preventive measures are also very important. Twenty-eight percent of
the adult population of the country is using tobacco products. As various
tactics are being adopted by the producers of sin goods to lure students of the
age group of 13 to 15 years, the Government has decided to make the
tobacco-control laws more stringent.
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