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- 2. “ AN ESTIMATED NINE OUT OF 10 SMOKERS BEGIN SMOKING BEFORE AGE 18. EACH DAY, AN ESTIMATED 3,500 PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 BEGIN SMOKING. MANY YOUNG PEOPLE BEGIN SMOKING WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY THEY MAY BECOME ADDICTED. “
- 3. WHY DO PEOPLE SMOKE? • THINK THAT ITS “COOL” • TO COPE WITH STRONG EMOTIONS • TO RELIEVE STRESS
- 4. • YOU CAN EAT FIVE PORTIONS OF FRUIT OR VEG A DAY AND EXERCISE REGULARLY – BUT HEALTHY BEHAVIOUR MEANS LITTLE IF YOU CONTINUE TO SMOKE. • MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT SMOKING CAN CAUSE LUNG CANCER, BUT IT CAN ALSO CAUSE MANY OTHER CANCERS AND ILLNESSES. • SMOKING DIRECTLY CAUSES OVER 100,000 DEATHS IN THE UK EACH YEAR AND CONTRIBUTES TO MANY MORE.OF THESE DEATHS, ABOUT 42,800 ARE FROM SMOKING-RELATED CANCERS, 30,600 FROM CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND 29,100 DIE SLOWLY FROM EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LUNG DISEASES.
- 5. DID YOU KNOW? ON AVERAGE, EACH CIGARETTE SHORTENS A SMOKER'S LIFE BY AROUND 11 MINUTES. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT SMOKING REDUCES LIFE EXPECTANCY BY SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS.
- 6. • OF THE 300 PEOPLE WHO DIE EVERY DAY IN THE UK AS A RESULT OF SMOKING, MANY ARE COMPARATIVELY YOUNG SMOKERS. • MORE DEATHS ARE CAUSED EACH YEAR BY TOBACCO USE THAN BY HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV), ILLEGAL DRUG USE, ALCOHOL USE, MOTOR VEHICLE INJURIES, SUICIDES, AND MURDERS COMBINED. • NON-SMOKERS AND EX-SMOKERS CAN ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO A HEALTHIER OLD AGE THAN SMOKERS.
- 8. THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE MOST DAMAGING ARE: • TAR, A CARCINOGEN (SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSES CANCER) • NICOTINE IS ADDICTIVE AND INCREASES CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN YOUR BODY • CARBON MONOXIDE REDUCES OXYGEN IN THE BODY • COMPONENTS OF THE GAS AND PARTICULATE PHASES CAUSE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISORDER (COPD).
- 10. THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY SMOKING IS INFLUENCED BY: • THE NUMBER OF CIGARETTES SMOKED • WHETHER THE CIGARETTE HAS A FILTER • HOW THE TOBACCO HAS BEEN PREPARED.
- 13. HEAD • HEADACHE • STROKE • HIGHER RISK OF ALZHIMER’S DISEASE
- 14. EYES • HIGHER RISK OF CATARACT • HIGHER RISK OF MACULAR DEGENERATION
- 15. MOUTH • ORAL CANCER • BAD BREATH • STAINS TEETH AND GUMS • DARKENS LIPS • CONTRIBUTES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ULCERS
- 16. NECK & THROAT • RUPTURES THYROID GLAND • HIGHER CHANCE OF LARYNX AND PHARYNX CANCER
- 17. LUNGS • FREQUENT CHEST COLDS • LUNG CANCER • COPD – EMPHYSEMA, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS • WORSENS ASTHAMA • DAMAGES AIR SACS
- 19. HEART • HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE • HIGH CHOLESTEROL • HIGHER RISK OF HEART ATTACK • ARTERIES GET NARROW AND BLOOD CLOTS ARE LIKELY TO BE FORMED
- 20. STOMACH & PANCREAS • PANCREATIC CANCER • ULCERS
- 21. REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM- MEN • IMPOTENCE • ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION • KIDNEY CANCER • PROSTATE CANCER • INFERTILITY
- 22. REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM- WOMEN • EARLY MENOPAUSE • INFERTILITY
- 23. OTHER
- 24. FIRES DUE TO CARELESS DISPOSAL
- 25. SMOKING AND PREGNANCY • PREMATURE /EARLY BABY • LOW BIRTH WEIGHT • HIGHER RISK OF STILLBIRTH • MISCARRIAGE STUDIES SUGGEST THAT IT’S EASIER FOR A WOMAN TO KICK THE HABIT IF HER PARTNER DOES SO AS WELL.
- 26. PASSIVE SMOKING/SECOND HAND SMOKE PEOPLE WHO BREATHE IN SECONDHAND SMOKE ARE AT RISK OF THE SAME HEALTH CONDITIONS AS SMOKERS, PARTICULARLY LUNG CANCER AND HEART DISEASE. FOR EXAMPLE, BREATHING IN SECONDHAND SMOKE INCREASES A NON-SMOKER'S RISK OF LUNG CANCER BY 24% AND HEART DISEASE BY 25%.
- 27. PASSIVE SMOKING/SECOND HAND SMOKE • CHILDREN ARE PARTICULARLY AFFECTED BY SECONDHAND SMOKE BECAUSE THEIR BODIES ARE STILL DEVELOPING. • CHILDREN UNDER FIVE HAVE AN INCREASED RISK OF CHEST INFECTIONS, AND BABIES ARE AT GREATER RISK OF SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS) OR COT DEATH.
- 28. HOW TO REDUCE SMOKING? • SMOKE AS FEW CIGARETTES AS POSSIBLE • USE FILTERS • TAKE FEWER PUFFS PER CIGARETTE • LEAVE LONGER BUDS • AVOID INHALING • CHEW GUM • USE NICOTINE PATCHES
Editor's Notes
- Cigarettes sold inunderdeveloped countries tend to have higher tar content, and are less likely to be filtered, potentially increasing vulnerability to tobacco-related disease in these regions
- Smoking takes its toll from head to toe. And if you think you’re safe because you’re young, guess again.As you tour the body here, keep in mind that this is a list of specific diseases. It doesn’t talk about general health. For example, if you smoke and end up needing surgery for a condition caused by smoking, your ability to heal will be inferior to that of a non-smoker. And if you have pain for any reason – smoking-related or not – it appears that smoking can make that pain worse.
- Macular degeneration is ---
- If you smoke, the risk of contracting mouth cancer is also four times higher than for a non-smoker. Cancer can start in many areas of the mouth, with the most common being on or underneath the tongue, or on the lips.
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a collective term for a group of conditions that block airflow and make breathing more difficult, such as: Emphysema - breathlessness caused by damage to the air sacs within the lungs Chronic Bronchitis - coughing with a lot of mucus that continues for at least three months.
- A single cigarette can reduce the blood supply to your skin for over an hour.
- The British Medical Association estimates that up to 120,000 men have ED because of smoking.
- Women who smoke have an increased risk for hip fracture than women who never smoked.
- Smoking also affects your looks: smokers have paler skin and more wrinkles. This is because smoking reduces the blood supply to the skin and lowers levels of vitamin A. Nicotine stains on a man’s hand after smoking
- SASKATOON,canada – The investigator has determined the cause which lead to two Saskatoon house fires on Thursday was careless disposal of smoking materials.On Thursday afternoon, firefighters responded to a report of a fence and shed on fire, but on arrival the fire had already extended to 615 and 619 Taylor Street.Fire crews started an aggressive attack on the blaze which was brought under control in 25 minutes.Both homes sustained substantial damage estimated at $300,000.No injuries associated with the fire were reported.
- If somebody smokes during pregnancy, they not only put the unborn baby’s health at risk but also their own Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of complications, such as:
- Secondhand smoke comes from the tip of a lit cigarette and is the smoke that the smoker breathes out.