According to statistics from the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) and the Michoacan University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH), five people die daily from tobacco-related diseases in the state, which is equivalent to one thousand 825 a year. The conditions attributable to smoking are cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, neoplasms, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and cerebrovascular diseases. To this end, there are 20 care clinics to stop smoking, including the UNEME-CAPA of the SSM located in Lázaro Cárdenas, Uruapan, Zitácuaro and Morelia; as well as the Thoracic Clinic of the Faculty of Medicine of the UMSNH. According to data from the latest survey conducted ... [Read more]