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No Smoking Day (No Smoking Day 2025) is being celebrated all over the world today. This day is celebrated every year on the second Wednesday of March. In this sequence, this day is being celebrated on 12 March this year. The purpose of celebrating this day is to encourage people to quit smoking and to help people understand the dangers of it.
Smoking is very harmful for our health. It can cause many serious health problems, which can sometimes prove fatal. Smoking is especially dangerous for women in many cases (why smoking is worse for women). Let us know from Dr. Kuldeep Kumar Grover, Head of Critical Care and Pulmonology at CK Birla Hospital, Gurugram, why smoking is more harmful for women than men-
Why smoking is more harmful for women
Doctors say that women suffer more from smoking than men due to biological, hormonal and metabolic differences. Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart diseases for both men and women, but despite less use of tobacco, women are more sensitive to these conditions.
Harmful effects of smoking on women
Many studies also show that women develop lung cancer much earlier than men and after smoking fewer cigarettes. Their lungs are more sensitive to the harmful effects of tobacco, due to which they are at a higher risk of respiratory problems. Along with this, women who smoke are also more likely to have reproductive problems, pregnancy complications and premature menopause.
More harmful for these women
Women who smoke, especially those who use contraceptive pills, have a significantly increased risk of heart disease because smoking shrinks blood vessels and increases the tendency to clot. Apart from this, hormonal fluctuations also affect nicotine metabolism, which makes it more addictive in women and makes it more difficult for them to quit it. Not only this, the chemicals present in tobacco also damage the collagen of the skin, which leads to premature aging.
Passive smoking is also dangerous
In addition, passive smoking poses serious risks to women, especially pregnant women. It can cause low birth weight babies, stillbirth and developmental problems in infants. Given these increased risks, women should stop smoking to protect their health (smoking prevention tips).
