Smoking is dangerous and is a common topic. But what many people don't know is that smoking can give the human body a powerful amount of radiation, and the radiation comes from the smoker's lungs.
Smoking Why is there radiation
take usually do chest X-ray, the X-rays by a 100 microsieverts (per unit of radiation) radiation, while the lungs of smokers by an annual average of 160,000 microsieverts of radiation. In other words, the smoker takes the equivalent of 1,600 chest X-rays in one year.
According to the Tencent video "The World's Strongest Radiation Places", the annual radiation dose to the lungs of smokers far exceeds that of a CT scan (7000 microsieverts), and even more than 3 years after the Fukushima nuclear explosion in Japan. The residual dose is more than the radiation dose (80,000 microsieverts) received by astronauts in outer space for 6 months.
How can smoking be radiated? This is because there is a radioactive element-polonium in the smoke produced by the burning of tobacco. When you swallow the clouds, these polonium elements will enter the lungs to "settle home". For every cigarette smoked, the radiation of polonium to the lungs of the smoker increases a little. Over the years, the smoker's lungs are like a "radiation bomb." Among lung cancer patients, polonium-210 is an unknown "murderer". Polonium-210 can also accumulate in the liver and blood, and to a certain extent can cause leukemia.
Will my family be exposed to radiation?
Many people are very worried: If there are smokers in the family, will they also radiate the family members? Don’t be too nervous. Although polonium-210 is the alpha ray with the strongest ionization ability, because it ionizes in the lungs of smokers first, the energy loss is huge, so the ability to pass through the body and skin again will become very poor, basically Can't wear it out. Therefore, as the strongest source of radiation, the smoker's lungs only radiate himself and will not pose a threat to the people around him.
However, the second-hand smoke remaining indoors also contains radioactive substances, which can enter the body with breathing. At present, the effective way is not to smoke. This is an effective way to protect the health of yourself and your family.
Try the 5-day smoking cessation method
Day 1: Preparatory stage People who quit smoking have to learn about the harms of smoking, the benefits of quitting, and the mechanisms of smoking addiction through various channels on this day.
Day 2: Ceremonial quitters need to be psychologically prepared on this day and ask themselves if they are ready to sever relationship with cigarettes forever. If you are indecisive, then you need to repeat or strengthen the first step; if the answer is very yes, throw away all the crushed cigarettes, lighters and smoking accessories.
The third and fourth days: A few days after the withdrawal symptoms stop smoking, there will be some physical and psychological reactions, such as drowsiness, insomnia, dry mouth, coughing and excessive sputum, dizziness, anxiety, depression, general fatigue, etc. At this time, you need to There are some active measures to help us resist withdrawal symptoms, such as drinking water, washing our face with cold water, drinking tea, doing housework, exercising, and so on.
Day 5: Summary of experience At this time, your battle with the addiction has already gone through a round. You need to continue to summarize your experience, find out the difficulties in quitting smoking, and then "prescribe the right medicine." At the same time, try to put yourself in a smoking environment as little as possible, and resolutely refuse other people's cigarettes. Withdrawal symptoms will gradually decrease in 1 to 2 weeks, and will disappear completely after 3 weeks.
