According to a Japanese study published on Wednesday, smoking increases the risk of hearing loss. A phenomenon that could however be reversed because the harmful effects would be reversible in the years following stopping smoking.
IT'S STILL TIME TO QUIT SMOKING!
Cigarettes are bad for your health. Harmful for the lungs, for the heart but also for the skin, it would also be it for the hearing. Indeed, according to a Japanese study published on Wednesday 14, smoking would have serious consequences on the ears. « Researchers found a 1,2 to 1,6-fold increased risk of hearing loss for smokers compared to those who had never smoked", the editor of the journal said in a statement Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Oxford University Press.
To reach this conclusion, the researchers brought in more than 50.000 Japanese people between the ages of 20 and 64 who, for several years, were subjected to hearing tests. And so that the results are as precise as possible, the scientists have taken care to eliminate several risk factors such as age, profession or the state of health of the participants (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, overweight, etc.) . However, they did not explain the cause and effect link between smoking and hearing loss.
But let smokers rest assured, the harmful effects are reversible: from the moment they make the decision to quit smoking, they will gradually recover what they have lost over time. « The risk of hearing loss associated with smoking appears to decrease within five years of stopping smoking« , explained the authors of the study.
According to estimates, cigarettes continue to kill more than 70.000 people in France each year. And in total, 16 million French people "grill" one regularly.
Source : Francesoir.fr
