The document aims to raise awareness among youth about the dangers of tobacco and its products, highlighting the health risks and social implications associated with smoking and chewing tobacco. It discusses factors that lead to smoking initiation and advises on how to quit by providing practical steps and the importance of support. The document emphasizes the harmful components of tobacco products, including shisha and gutka, and encourages educating others about these risks.

1. SMOKING,
IS KILLING ME!

2. OUR OBJECTIVES
 Spreading awareness to the youth about
hazards of tobacco, smoking cigarettes and
shisha and chewing of areca
nut(chalia),gutka and paan
 Educating about the diseases and physical
damages that tobacco and its affiliates
produce
 Educating the youth about their social
responsibilities
 Helping them understand their individual
role in the society for spreading awareness
against these hazardous substances

4. WHAT MAKES A PERSON START
CIGARETTE-SMOKING?
Family attitudes that condone smoking
Peer pressure
Copycatting what is cool in popular culture
Sociodemographic factors
Making up for poor social or personal skills
Stress relief

5. IT STARTS AT HOME!!!

6. PEER PRESSURE…

7. COPYCATTING WHAT IS COOL
IN POPULAR CULTURE

8. STRESS RELIEF

9. Cigarette or tobacco smoke
contains more than 4,000
different chemical
compounds . Following are
a few of them, try
memorizing what you are
smoking in with each single
puff!

11. YOU ARE ACTUALLY JUST
BURNING YOUR MONEY

12. This is how the story ends…

13. SMOKING = SUCIDE

14. THIS IS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF
YOU DON’T GIVE UP SMOKING!

15. Shisha/hookah

16.  The average hookah session typically lasts
more than 40 minutes, and consists of 50 to 200
inhalations that each range from 0.15 to 0.50
liters of smoke.
In an hour-long smoking session of hookah,
users consume about 100 to 200 times the
volume of smoke of a cigarette.

17. PASSIVE SMOKING
You breathe in more than 4,000 chemicals
when you are around someone who is
smoking.
The chemicals found in passive smoke hurt
your health, equally as it effectsthe smoker.

18. Now, let’s have a look what the
future holds for a smoker…

19. Cancer of the lungs, mouth,
GIT, breast and many others

24. Respiratory distress such as coughing, shortness of breath or
tightness in the chest. Lung damage caused by smoking can also
lead to emphysema (a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs
are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness)

25. Smoking causes multiple cardiovascular diseases.
Decreased oxygen to the heart and to other tissues in the
body causing angina.
Increasedbloodpressure andheart rate.
Increasedrisk of developing coronary artery disease and
heart attack

29. Pan, Gutka
And Chalia

30. All that glitters is not gold!

31. The stuff inside those beautiful wrappings can lead to some real
life ugliness

34. GUTKA CONSTITUTES:
 CrushedArecaNut(Chalia)
 Tobacco
 Catechu(Katha)
 Paraffin(Kerosene)
 SlakedLime(Choona)
 ArtificialFlavor

35. Crushed Areca Nut (Chalia)
Higher risk of damaging Gums and
acquiring cancers of mouth, Pharynx
Esophagus & stomach
Acute Effects like…

37. ASTHMA
EXCABERATION

38. Catechu (Katha)
 Catechu is a brown dye used
for tanning and dyeing leather goods
KINDLY LET IT DO ITS JOB FOR
DYEING LEATHER, NOT YOUR MOUTH!

39. Paraffin (Kerosene)
Paraffin is most widely used in the following
industrial hazards:
Insecticides
Pesticides
IT SHOULD BE USED TO KILL
INSECTS AND PESTS, NOT
HUMANS!

40. Slaked Lime (Choona)
It is widely used in the following industrial
areas:
Paints
Plasters
IT SHOULD BE USED TO PAINT
WALLS AND HOUSES, NOT YOUR ORAL
CAVITY!

41. How can you play your role?
 Educate yourself about the risks and effects of different types of addictions.
 Then start with your family and friends if you know an addict start educating
him/her about the disease and risks of such addictions.

42. If you are an addict to any of these hazardous
substances, QUIT!

44. How to QUIT?
It is not impossible to quit these addictions. Follow this guide to help quit
these habits:
 Pick a specific date to quit, and inform your family and friends about
it. This will prepare you for what to expect and to line up helpful
support.
 Convince a friend to quit with you. Having a partner can provide
moral support and motivate you to stand by your decision to quit.
 Upon quitting, if there is ever an urge to smoke again, immediately
divert your attention towards a healthy activity such drinking a glass
of water, eating healthy snacks, chewing a gum may prove helpful.
 While quitting, if you ever experience physical withdrawal
symptoms, stay strong.
 Remember that there are other healthier ways to keep unpleasant
feelings in check. These symptoms typically subside in about three
weeks.

45. Remember, your doctor is your best
friend! Staying in constant contact
with your doctor or psychotherapist
will provide you with the proper
support you need to achieve your
goal