Smoking involves inhaling tobacco fumes and is responsible for 6 million deaths annually, with significant health consequences including cancer and heart disease. Young people often start smoking due to stress relief myths, peer pressure, and parental influence. Efforts are being made to combat smoking in India through government regulations and NGO initiatives, promoting cessation and awareness.

1. Anti Smoking

2. What is Smoking?
Smoking refers to the inhalation and exhalation of
fumes from burning tobacco in cigars, cigarettes
and pipes.

3. SMOKING: A DEADLY STATISTICS
Tobacco kills half of its users. 6 million people die each year
because of tobacco consumption.

4. SMOKING: A DEADLY STATISTICS
More than 5 million deaths are due to direct tobacco use while
more than 600,000 are from exposure to second hand –
smoke.

5. SMOKING: A DEADLY STATISTICS
Smoking causes 30% of all cancer deaths, 17% of all heart
disease of deaths and at least 80% of deaths from bronchitis
and emphysema.

8. Why Do Young People Start Smoking?
Think of Some Reasons

9. Reasons/Myths about Smoking
Smoking helps me relieve stress.
Smoking helps me stay thin.
Parents influence on children.
I’m so Cool.
It relaxes me.
it’s adventure for me.
Peer Pressure.

10. What are in Cigarettes?
Do YOU know?

11. Over 4000 Chemicals!!!!
(60 of which are carcinogenic)

13. Some of these are…
 Tar – Black sticky substance used to
pave roads.
 Nicotine – Insecticide
 Carbon Monoxide – Car Exhaust
 Acetone – Finger Nail Polish
Remover
 Ammonia – Toilet Cleaner
 Cadmium – Used Batteries
 Ethanol – Alcohol
 Arsenic – Rat Poison
 Butane – Lighter Fluid

14. What are some of the
consequences of smoking?
Health diseases
Waste money

15. Diseases related to Smoking …
Lung Cancer
The uncontrolled growth of
abnormal cells in one or
both lungs. Lung cancer kill
more people than any other
type of cancer.
Arthrosclerosis
Narrowing of the arteries,
unable to pump blood easily
because of accumulation of
plaque on its walls.

16. Diseases related to Smoking …
Dental Problems
• Gum Inflammation
• Stained Teeth
• Poor oral health
• Bleeding gums
• Oral cancer
Cardiovascular diseases
Torn heart wall:
Result of over-worked heart
muscle.
Smokers are twice as likely as
Nonsmokers to have a heart
attack.

18. Waste of money on Smoking
At nearly 5-10 cigarettes are smoked by smokers in a
day. Suppose 1 cigarette value is 15rs, than
1 day: 10X15 = 150rs
1 week: 10X15X7 = 1050rs
1 month: 10X15X30 = 4500rs
1 year: 10X15X365 = 54750rs

19. PASSIVE SMOKING

20. Passive Smoking
Inhalation of smoke, called second-hand smoke (SHS),
or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).
• Second-hand smoke has been confirmed as a cause of
lung cancer in humans.
• Exposure to second-hand smoke can either trigger or
worsen symptoms.

22. Smoking when pregnant
 More likely to born prematurely
with a less weight than the non -
smoker mother infant.
 Increase risk of miscarriage.
 Have a Smaller organs and poorer
functionality in lungs.

23. HowtoStopsmoking
S = Set a quit date.
T = Tell family, friends that you plan to quit.
A = Anticipate & plan for the challenges you’ll face will
smoking.
R = Remove cigarettes & tobacco from your home, car …
T = Talk to your Dr. about getting help to quit.

24. Benefits for quitting
General health improves.
More energy.
Save money.
Sense of taste & smell improves.
Set an example for young people.

25. Campaign in India to stop Smoking
Government Regulations and Act:
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control(FCTC).
2003 Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products
Act(COTPA).
In August 2005, India become first country in the
world to ban smoking scenes in film and televisions.
NGO/Oraganisational Initiatives:
Nicorette support Facebook application for helping
Facebook Indian fans to quit smoking.
Ceche’s tobacco control program in south India –
incentives to refrain from tobacco related activities.

26. THANK YOU FOR NOT SMOKING
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