Does tobacco have medicinal properties? If this chimera has disappeared for a very long time in most countries of the world, it seems that there is still some doubt in the Congo. Recently, Dr Michel Mpiana, doctor at the "Bethel Center" hospital, wished to recall "that tobacco is an attractive and toxic plant which has no medicinal properties".
NO DOUBT, TOBACCO HAS NO MEDICINAL PURPOSE ...
How can doubt still be allowed even though we have known about the risks of smoking for decades? According to information from Mediacongo.net, Dr. Michel Mpiana, a doctor at the Bethel Center in Ngiri Ngiri commune in Kinshasa, said in an interview Saturday with the ACP that tobacco is an attractive and toxic plant that has no medicinal properties.
According to this doctor, tobacco has become a drug causing several diseases as well as death. It would be even more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin or cocaine. Tobacco therefore has no medicinal properties. Surprising that we still ask ourselves the question ...
The reputation of tobacco as a drug at the expense of the abuse of some smokers and appraisers is not justified at all, said Dr. Mpiana.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reiterates each year that tobacco alone kills at least 6 million consumers including 600.000 victims involuntarily exposed to the smoke of others. It is estimated that more than 10 million drug-related deaths occur each year worldwide. A survey carried out by the National Program against Addictions and Toxic Substances (PNLCT) in Kinshasa in 2014, showed that 2300% of hospitalized 10 patients had died from heart disease (stroke, hypertension), cancer and cancer. diabetes with risk factors for alcohol (47%) and tobacco (26%).
