Vietnamese Aspire for Healthy Hearts: Don't Burn Your Life Away-Be Good to Your Heart

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Originally published by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH Publication No. 02-5204). U.S. government work, public domain. Reproduced as archived reference, not current guidance.

Ngöôøi Vieät Nam Mong Muoán Coù Traùi Tim Khoûe Maïnh

Ñöøng Ñoát Boû Cuoäc Ñôøi—Baïn Haõy Nheï Nhaøng Vôùi Traùi Tim Mình

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Gia ñình, beø baïn, vaø nhöõng ngöôøi thaân laø voâ cuøng quyù giaù ñoái vôùi chuùng ta. Vì vaäy chuùng ta neân giuùp ñôõ nhau trong cuoäc soáng vaø trong vaán ñeà chaêm soùc söùc khoûe. Baïn coù bieát beänh tim laø nguyeân nhaân haøng ñaàu trong vieäc gaây töû vong cho ngöôøi Vieät nam? Coù nhieàu caùch coù theå giuùp baïn phoøng ngöøa beänh tim. Moät caùch ñeå ñöôïc khoûe maïnh laø boû huùt thuoác.

Baïn Coù Bieát Trong Ñieáu Thuoác Coù Nhöõng Chaát Gì Khoâng?

Huùt thuoác khoâng mang laïi söùc maïnh, maø chæ laøm cho chuùng ta yeáu ñuoái vaø beänh taät. Khoùi thuoác laù chöùa hôn 4,000 hoùa chaát vaø 200 trong soá ñoù laø chaát ñoäc, ví duï nhö:

Fomalñeâhyt: ñöôïc duøng ñeå baûo quaûn xaùc cheát

Catmi: duøng trong bình aéc qui xe hôiâ

Mono oxyt cacbon: chaát khí coù trong khoùi xe hôi

Nicoâtin: ñöôïc duøng nhö moät loaïi thuoác tröø saâu

Caâu Chuyeän Cuûa Ong Traàn Quang Nam: Toâi Boû Thuoác Nhö Theá Naøo

Ñoù laø taám hình cuûa cha toâi. Ong maát moät naêm tröôùc ñaây vì caùc chöùng beänh lieân quan ñeán huùt thuoác. Ñoù laø khi toâi quyeát ñònh boû huùt thuoác ngay töùc thôøi. Cha toâi khoå sôû raát nhieàu vì beänh taät trong suoát 5 naêm cuoái cuûa cuoäc ñôøi. Toâi khoâng muoán bò cheát nhö cha toâi. Cai thuoác laø vieäc khoù khaên, nhöng nay toâi coù theå thôû deã daøng hôn, thöôûng thöùc ñöôïc höông vò ngon laønh cuûa caùc moùn aên vôï toâi naáu, vaø laø moät taám göông toát cho gia ñình toâi.

Caùc Moái Nguy Hieåm Naøy Laø Coù Thaät!

Khoùi thuoác laù coù theå gaây taùc haïi cho phoåi cuûa ngöôøi huùt thuoác vaø nhöõng ngöôøi xung quanh hoï. Huùt thuoác cuõng laø nguyeân nhaân gaây ñau tim, ung thö phoåi, vaø caùc beänh taät ñöôøng hoâ haáp.

Caùc Meïo Vaët Ñeå Boû Huùt Thuoác

Ñaët ra muïc tieâu cho chính baïn. Haõy noùi toâi seõ boû thuoác hoâm nay, ngaøy sinh cuûa toâi.

Noùi chuyeän vôùi ngöôøi ñaõ boû thuoác.

Giöõ cho baïn vaø ñoâi tay luoân baän roän baèng caùch laøm caùc coâng vieäc maø baïn yeâu thích, nhö ñaïp xe ñaïp hay naáu nöôùng.

Tìm söï hoã trôï vaø ñoäng vieân. Tham döï caùc chöông trình boû huùt thuoác, tham khaûo yù kieán cuûa baùc só, hoaëc tìm moät ngöôøi baïn ñeå cuøng nhau boû thuoác.

Toâi khoâng huùt thuoác ñeå taâm hoàn vaø traùi tim ñöôïc caân baèng. Söùc khoûe laø vaøng!

Vietnamese Aspire for Healthy Hearts

Don’t Burn Your Life Away—Be Good to Your Heart

Our family, friends, and loved ones are very precious to us. That is why we need to support each other in life and in health. Did you know that heart disease is a leading cause of death for Vietnamese people? YOU can do something to beat heart disease. One way to keep healthy is to quit smoking cigarettes.

Do You Know What’s in Your Cigarette?

Smoking does not give us power. It makes us weak and sick. Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, and 200 of these chemicals are poisonous, such as:

Formaldehyde: used to preserve dead bodies Cadmium: used in car batteries Carbon monoxide: gas contained in car exhaust Nicotine: used as an insecticide

The Hazards are Real!

Smoke from cigarettes can hurt the lungs and hearts of smokers and the people around them. Smoking can also cause heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory problems.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes

Tran Quang Nam’s Story: How I Quit Smoking

"That’s a picture of my father. He died from a smoking-related illness 1 year ago. That’s when I decided to quit smoking by stopping all at once. He suffered so much pain in the last 5 years of his life. I don’t want to die like he did. Quitting was difficult, but now I can breathe easier, taste the delicious flavors of my wife’s cooking, and be a good example to my family."

Tips To Quit Smoking:

Set a goal for yourself. Say “I will quit smoking today, my birthday.”

Talk to someone who has quit smoking.

Keep yourself and your hands busy by finding an activity you enjoy doing, like riding your bike or cooking.

Get support and encouragement. Join a quit smoking program, ask your doctor for advice, or find a friend to quit with you.

For more information, contact:

of Health

National Heart,

Institute

NIH Publication No. 02-5204 March 2004

I don’t smoke to keep the tam and tim in balance. Good health is golden!

Web site: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov