APC Non-Smoking Campaign

APC's Non - Smoking Campaign presented by Emer Rojas of New Vois Association of the Philippines and Dr.Dario Lapada.
I think Emer Rojas is a very great example for everyone who are smoking, I saw him that he is very regretful for his mistake as an smoker. And also because of that he will be suffering for the rest of his life. I admire him being the man behind of this non-smoking campaign. I believe that, his pioneering on this campaign will work, being an example for everyone makes people think twice about quitting to smoke especially me as I am smoking person too. I am thankful for this campaign and to be a part of their seminar, because of this I am about to quit smoking now.

And this is what happened to him, he is now one of a patient called Laryngectomee which a person who has had his Larynx or Voice box been removed. A partial laryngectomy preserves the voice, the surgeon removes only part of  the voice box, just one vocal cord, part of a cord, or just the Epiglottis and the stoma is temporary. After a brief recovery period, the trache tube is removed, and the stoma closes up. The patient can then breathe and talk in the usual way. In some cases, however, the voice may be hoarse or weak. In a total laryngectomy the whole voice box is removed, and the stoma is permanent. The patient called a Laryngectomee breathes through the stoma. A Laryngectomee must learn to speak with air coming from the esophagus or an external device. 

This is the external device that he is using. This device called Electrolarynx. An electrolarynx sometimes referred to as "throat back", is it a medical device about the size of a small electric razor used to produced clearer speech by those people who have lost their voice box. Usually due to the cancer of the larynx. The most common device is a handheld, battery operated device placed under the mandible which produces vibrations and allow speech. Earlier non-electric devices were called mechanical larynxes. Along with developing esophageal voice, robotic voice or undergoing a surgical procedure, the electrolarynx serves as a mode of speech recovery for laryngectomy patients.

Yes, smoking kills it can cause you for having a cancer that will lead you to death if not trace earlier and without proper medication, you might be also like Emer Rojas who are now one of a Laryngectomee  people. So before it's too late, we can prevented it by quitting smoking as soon as possible. So Stop and Quit smoking now.