Chinese media reported that a few days ago, a 39-year-old man in Zhengzhou city, Henan province, suddenly experienced numbness in his hand and slurred speech; his condition quickly worsened, and he lost sensation on one side of his body.

The man was immediately rushed to the hospital by his family for emergency treatment. Subsequent medical examinations revealed that his cardiovascular system and cerebral blood vessels were nearly 90% blocked. Docto

Upon investigation, doctors learned that the man was a heavy smoker. For the past 23 years, he smoked at least three packs of cigarettes dai

Doctors affirm that long-term

Meanwhile, smoking remains an unbreakable habit for many men. Despite public health warnings ab

The paralysis incident involving the man from Zhengzhou has shocked many Chinese netizens, who have called for quitting smoking.

"My husband also smoked two packs a day and had high blood pressure and heart rate. After quitting smoking, everything is back to normal now"; "After reading this story, perhaps some people still won’t quit smoking because the frightening consequences have not happened to them yet," and "Blood vessels are the body's channels; the toxins in cigarettes block these channels everywhere and damage everything where vessels are clogged," netizens commented.

Studies show that cigarette smoke contains over 7,000 chemicals; among them, hundreds are harmful to health, 70 are carcinogenic, including addictive and toxic substances.