1. MAY 31- 2009.
PREFERED & PRESENTED BY
MJF. Ln. Dr. N. MOHANDAS
THANJAVUR ANCIENT CITY LIONS CLUB

2. IN INDIA 55 ,000 YOUGSTERS
IN THE HABIT OF SMOKING
18 CRORE 40 LAKHS IN THE HABIT OF
TOBACCO USE
BECAUSE OF THIS 8 LAKHS
SUFFER FROM CANCER
IN 2020 IT WILL INCREASE TO 15 LAKHS.
IN INDIA DAILY 2200 WILL DIE OF CANCER
THAT IS 90 PER HOUR.

3. SMOKING IN FILMS BY HEROES
AND HEROINES ENCOURAGES
YOUNG PEOPLE TO SMOKE.
A STUDY OF A SAMPLE OF 395
BOLLYWOOD FILMS MADE BETWEEN
1991 –2002 REVELS THAT
76.5%POTRAYED TOBACCO USE.
FILMS ENCOURAGING MILLIONS OF
YOUNG TO INTIATE SMOKING.
UNION HEALTH MINISTER SAID
BAN ALL SMOKING RELATED
SCENES IN MOVIES .
REQUESTED THE ACTORS
NOT TO ACT IN THE SMOKING SCENE.
BAN ON SMOKING ON BOTH AND
SMALL SCREENS WILL COME INTO
EFFECT FROM OCT 2 MAHATHMA
GANDHI’S ANNIVERSARY.

4. CARBON
MONOXIDE
METHONAL
ARSENIC
METHANE
NICOTINE
AMMONIA
TAR
CONTENTS OF A CIGRETTE
COTAINS MORE THAN 4000 CHEMICALS
VARIOUS TOXIC, MUTAGENIC AND CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS.

6. ORAL CANCER
LUNG CANCER
EYECHANGES
STOMACH ULCER
BURGERS DISEASE
BLOOD SUPPLY REDUCED
CERVICAL CANCER

7. SMOKING
*INCREASES: HEART BEAT,BLOOD PRESSURE.
*INCREASES RISK OFCORONARY HEART DISEASE.
THE RISK OF DYING OF CORONARY HEART
DISEASE 70 PER CENT HIGHER FOR SMOKERS
THAN FOR NON-SMOKERS.
* THE RISK OF HAVING A HEART ATTACK 2-6 TIMES
HIGHER IN SMOKERS COMPARED WITH
NON-SMOKERS.
*SMOKING-RELATED CORONARY HEART DISEASE
CAN CONTRIBUTE TO HEART FAILURE,
*SMOKING ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH
SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH.

9. SMOKING DAMAGES THE LUNGS.
SMOKING CAN INCREASE RISK OF DEVELOPING
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
SUCH AS BRONCHITIS AND PNEUMONIA,
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD),
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND EMPHYSEMA,
CONSEQUENCE OF LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO CIGARETTE
PERSISTENT COUGH
DIFFICULTY BREATHING.
MORE THAN 80 PER CENT OF LUNG CANCERS ARE CAUSED
BY SMOKING.
AMONG SMOKERS,THE RISK OF DEVELOPING LUNG
CANCER IS 23 TIMES HIGHER FOR MEN13 TIMES HIGHER
FOR WOMEN COMPARED WITH NON-SMOKERS.

11. SMOKING RAISES BLOOD PRESSURE,
A MAJOR RISK FACTOR FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS,
WHICH CAUSES NARROWING AND
STIFFENING OF THE BLOOD VESSELS.
COMPLICATIONS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
INCLUDE: HEART ATTACK; STROKE;
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (IMPOTENCE);
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
(DECREASED BLOOD FLOW TO THE LEGS
THAT CAUSES LEG PAIN DURING EXERCISE
IN ADVANCED CASES, ---AMPUTATION
SMOKER'S
LEG

13. SMOKING CAUSES:
TOOTH DECAY,
BAD BREATHE, GUM DISEASE
DISCOLOURING OF TEETH
MOUTH ULCERS
CANCERS OF THE MOUTH AND TONGUE

14. THE RISK OF DEVELOPING CATARACTS IS 2-3 TIMES
HIGHER AMONG SMOKERS COMPARED WITH NON-
SMOKERS.
SMOKING IS ALSO THE MAJOR PREVENTABLE
CAUSE OF MACULAR DEGENERATION,
A CONDITION WHICH CAUSES BLURRED CENTRAL VISION
SMOKER ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEARING LOSS
DUE TO EAR INFECTIONS AND LOUD NOISE. SMOKERS
MAY ALSO BE MORE LIKELY TO LOSE THEIR HEARING
EARLIER. THIS IS DUE TO THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF
SMOKING ON BLOOD VESSELS, WHICH CAN REDUCE
BLOOD FLOW TO THE INNER EAR.
SMOKING AROUND CHILDREN CAN INCREASE THEIR RISK
OF EAR INFECTIONS. .

15. SMOKING CAN REDUCE SENSE OF SMELL
CAUSE CANCER OF NASAL CAVITY AND NASAL SINUS.
SMOKING WEAKENS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
ALLOWS DAMAGE TO THE HAIR ROOTS.
PREMATURE HAIR LOSS.
.

16. SMOKING IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED
RISK OF DEVELOPING
5 TIMES FOR CANCER OF THE KIDNEYS
AND BLADDER.
SMOKING CONTRIBUTES TO THE REDUCTION
IN BONE DENSITY AMONG WOMEN
INCREASES THE RISK OF HIP FRACTURE
IN BOTH OLDER MEN AND WOMEN.
ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA,
WHICH IS A TYPE OF CANCER OF THE BONE MARROW
HAS RECENTLY BEEN FOUND
TO BE STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKING.

17. SMOKING IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF STROKE,
CAUSING ABOUT 40 PER CENT
OF ALL STROKES IN PEOPLE UNDER
THE AGE OF 65 YEARS.
SMOKING CAN CAUSE
7 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET CANCER OF THE MOUTH,
SALIVARY GLANDS AND PHARYNX;
12 TIMES FOR CANCER OF THE THROAT;
VOICE BOX (LARYNX),
FOOD PIPE (OESOPHAGUS).
AT LEAST 50 PER CENT OF THESE CANCERS
ARE CAUSED BY SMOKING.

18. SMOKING INCREASES RISK OF
*STOMACH ULCER
*3 TIMES FOR CANCER OF THE STOMACH
*HEARTBURN
*STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT BOWEL, RECTAL
AND LIVER CANCERS ARE ALL MORE
COMMON IN PEOPLE WHO SMOKE.
*SMOKING CAN ALSO AFFECT YOUR LIVER,
*CANCER OF THE PANCREAS

19. SMOKERS’ SKIN
OFTEN HAS A DRY,
IRRITATED, DISCOLOURED,
LEATHERY, OR WORN APPEARANCE.
WRINKLES, ESPECIALLY
AROUND THE EYES AND MOUTH,
DEVELOP SOONER
INCREASE RISK OF SKIN CANCER.
MANY SMOKERS DEVELOP
YELLOW DISCOLOURATION OF
THEIR HANDS AND
FINGERNAILS
DUE TO THE
TAR IN CIGARETTES

20. SMOKING INCREASES
THE RISK OF
CERVICAL CANCER IN
WOMEN,
INCREASED RISK OF
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
(GETTING OR
MAINTAINING AN
ERECTION) IN MEN.

31. THE MANY METHODS OF
QUITTING SMOKING INCLUDE
COUNSELING AND SUPPORT
GROUPS,
NICOTINE PATCHES, GUMS
AND SPRAYS, AND
INCREMENTAL REDUCTION.