Nearly 40% of Brazilian smokers smoke at least 11 cigarettes a day. Brazil's National News Agency [Reported by Zhang Yu from South America News Agency] A survey report on the status of lung cancer in Brazil released on the 26th showed that nearly 40% of smokers smoke at least 11

Nearly 40% of Brazilian smokers smoke no less than 11 cigarettes a day. Brazil's national news agency

[Reported by Zhang Yu from South America News Agency] A survey report on the status of lung cancer in Brazil released on the 26th showed that nearly 40% of smokers smoke at least 11 cigarettes a day. What is even more worrying is that only 15% of Brazilian respondents are aware of the severity of lung cancer, which is lower than the Latin American average (24%).

Brazilian National News Agency reported that according to the report data, 39% of Brazilian smokers smoke at least 11 cigarettes a day, which is higher than the Latin American average (27%); 17% smoke every day, but the number is less than 11; 25% smoke at least 3 times a week. The report points out that 80% of lung cancer cases are associated with (active or passive) smoking.

survey pointed out that the proportion of smokers among Brazilian respondents is 28%, lower than the Latin American average (38%), but the number of smokers in Brazil is significantly more. In other words, in the entire Latin American region, Brazil is not the country with the highest proportion of smokers, but the proportion of smokers is no less than 11 cigarettes per day.

São Paulo oncologist Suellen Nastri Castro, oncologist at the Portuguese charity hospital in the city of São Paulo, said the data were worrying. "Although the proportion of Brazilian smokers is lower than the Latin American average, it is still not as low as I expected, because other research data shows that our number of smokers is declining significantly. Almost 30% of Brazilians are still smoking, of which nearly 40% smoke more than 11 cigarettes a day, which is very worrying."

Doctors believe that stress may be one of the reasons for smoking. "We live in a world full of anxiety, stress and a lot of work, which may make it difficult for smokers to decline because people usually smoke more when they are in a bad mood. In addition, the lifestyle of residents in Brazil and the world now causes many people to pay less attention to health."

During this survey, 2179 residents from Argentina , Brazil, Chile , Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico were visited. Among them, 61% of the respondents were between 40 and 49 years old, 30% were between 50 and 59 years old, and 9% were over 60 years old.

According to the Brazilian National Cancer Institute (Inca), lung cancer is one of the most fatal cancer diseases in Brazil, with an average of 12 deaths from the disease per 100,000 residents. Globally, the disease causes an average of 1.8 million deaths per year, while 86,000 deaths in Latin America alone.