Smoking is the major factor of CHD development in the world, and especially in Ukraine

Smoking is one of the major causes of many diseases in the world. Today it is the main factor affecting the development of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) in Ukraine. "Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is one of the main causes of death in Britain and in many other developed countries."(Advanced Biology for you 2000, by Gareth Williams) This disease is a result of the disruption of the heart's function, by the blockages (atheromas), which occur due …showed first 75 words of 1001 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1001 total…be gained by stopping smoking. Ukrainian people have a higher percentage of CHD development because of the Chernobil catastrophe that took place in 1986. This lowered the immunity of the people in Ukraine, and therefore the CHD development is more rapid in their organisms. So the Ministries of health in Ukraine and all over the world should work towards reducing the numbers of smokers especially teenagers in order to avoid the development of Coronary Heart Disease.