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Smoking in Jordan Kawkab Shishani, PhD

Objectives
Describe effects of smoking on health
List reasons for smoking
among Jordanian adolescents
Describe the ways that assist in fighting smoking at the primary level of prevention

Smoking in the World
Worldwide, there are 1.1 billion smokers; of them:
800 million live in developing countries
300 million live in developed countries

What is Tobacco
Tobacco is a broad-leafed plant of the nightshade family. The plant can grow to a height of 1 to 1.5 meters.
Tobacco is smoked in cigars, cigarettes, and hubble- bubble.

Cigarette Components: Nicotine
Nicotine is an alkaloid, colorless and rapidly absorbed from the lungs
Reaches the brain within 8 minutes

Cigarette Components: Tar
Carcinogenic, viscid, and brown to black in color

Cigarette Components: CO (carbon monoxide)
Highly toxic gas
Binds to the hemoglobin in the blood

Passive Smoking
Passive smoking is when a non-smoking person inhales smoke involuntarily; this is also called second hand smoking

How does smoking cause addiction?
Nicotine absorbed from the cigarettes binds to receptors located in the brain
This binding causes the release of Dopamine, acetylcholine…

Farming and the manufacture of tobacco in Jordan
Tobacco plantations take up 1% of Jordan’s farming land and approximately 1,500 farmers work on these plantations
There are six domestic companies in Jordan that manufacture tobacco

Smoking in Jordan
21% of teenagers that are between the ages 13-15 smoke:
15% female
25% male

Reasons for smoking in Jordan
Smoking is one of the most negative habits among teenagers and adults in Jordan

Fighting Smoking
Focusing on the early stages of life to ensure that they don’t smoke when they grow older
Legislations to prohibit selling cigarettes to minors

Fighting Smoking
The development of governmental and non- governmental organizations to help those who want to quit smoking

Fighting Smoking
The Jordanian legislative priorities: Public health promotion

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