The document discusses the harmful effects of smoking on health and the environment. It defines cigarettes and outlines their history. Cigarettes contain over 4000 chemicals, including 60 carcinogens. The document examines why people smoke and the harmful impacts of smoking, such as increased risk of cancer, heart disease, and stroke. Smoking also pollutes the air, soil, and water. Finally, the document urges stopping smoking, noting health improvements that occur after quitting such as reduced heart attack risk within 20 minutes to 2 weeks and lower cancer risk within 10 to 15 years.

1. Smoking is harmful for health
BY GAURAV SEHGAL

2. Index
 About Cigarette
 Why people smoke?
 Harmful effects of smoking on human being
 Harmful effects of smoking on environment
 Why we should stop smoking?

3. About Cigarette
 What is Cigarette?
 History of Cigarette
 What are in Cigarette?

4. What is Cigarette?
 A cigarette is a cylindrical roll of shredded or ground
tobacco that is wrapped in paper or another
substance that does not contain tobacco.
 Many manufactured cigarettes also have filters on
one end that are intended to trap some of the toxic
chemicals contained in cigarette smoke.

5. History of Cigarette
 In 1865, a man named Washington Duke from North
Carolina began to roll cigarettes and sell them to others
for profit.
 In 1883, James Bonsack invented a machine that could
roll cigarettes and produce thousands per day.

6. What are in Cigarette?
Over 4000Chemicals!!!!!
(60 of which are carcinogenic)

7. What are in Cigarette? - Continue

8. Why people smoke?
 Parents influence on children
 Act Older, Cool or Dangerous
 Get Attention
 Curious about Cigarettes
 Pressure
 Stressed or Nervous

9. There are more than 1-2 Billions smokers
in the world

10. Harmful effects of smoking on human being
 Heart disease
 Stroke
 Emphysema
 Lung, throat, stomach and bladder cancer
 Increased risk of infections like bronchitis and pneumonia

11. Harmful effects of smoking on human being -
Continue
 Bad breath
 Bad smelling clothes and hair
 Reduced athletic performances
 Increased risk of illnesses
 Greater risk of injuries
 Slower healing time

12. Harmful effects of smoking on
environment
 Air pollution
 Global warming
 Soil pollution
 Water pollution
 Waste of Money

13. Why we should stop smoking?
If you stop smoking...
 Within 20 minutes after you smoke that last cigarette, your body begins a
series of changes that continue for years.
 20 Minutes After quitting
Your heart rate drops.
 12 hours After quitting
Carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.

14. Why we should stop smoking? - Continue
 2 Weeks to 3 Months After quitting
Your heart attack risk begins to drop. Your lung function begins
to improve.
 1 to 9 Months After quitting
Your coughing and shortness of breath decrease.

15. Why we should stop smoking? - Continue
 1 Year After Quitting
Your added risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a
smoker's.
 5 Years After quitting
Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker's 5-15 years
after quitting.

16. Why we should stop smoking? - Continue
Ahhhh... Fresh air!
 10 Years After quitting
Your lung cancer death rate is about half That of a smoker's.
Your risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney,
and pancreas decreases.
 15 Years After Quitting
Your risk of coronary heart disease is back to that of a nonsmoker's.

17. CONCLUSION
 Harmful effects of smoking on human being
 Harmful effects of smoking on environment
 Why we should stop smoking?

18. Smoking is Injurious to Health