Smoking and Your Health

2. NATIONAL FIGURES
EVERY 10 SECONDS,
someone dies
because of smoking.
World Health Organization

3. NATIONAL FIGURES
10 FILIPINOS die every hour
because of smoking.
Former DOH Secretary Janette Garin
August 6, 2015

4. NATIONAL FIGURES
22.7% OVERALL (15.9 million adults),
40.3% OF MEN and 5.1% OF WOMEN
currently smoke tobacco.
Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2015

5. NATIONAL FIGURES
The average age of daily smoking initiation (in years)
17.5 OVERALL, 17.5 in MEN and 18.3 in WOMEN.
Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2015

6. NATIONAL FIGURES
The average number of cigarettes consumed
per day by daily cigarette smokers
11 OVERALL, 11.2 in MALES
and 8.6 in FEMALES.
Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2015

7. NATIONAL FIGURES
In 2013, the Philippines ranked 2ND IN ADULT MALE
SMOKING PREVALENCE and 1ST IN FEMALES.
Tobacco Taxes and Prices in ASEAN 2013

8. NATIONAL FIGURES
The average monthly expenditure for
cigarettes was 678.4 PESOS.
Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2015

9. TOBACCO
is the only LEGAL product that,
when used according to the
manufacturer’s instructions,
SURELY KILLS half of the
people who use it.

10. CAUSES OF CIGARETTE SMOKING
• Social image they want to
present to others.
• The tobacco industry has
created an image of smoking
as being TOUGH, COOL,
SEXY, SOPHISTICATED,
ATTRACTIVE or a FORM OF
REBELLION
• Friends or family are
smokers.

11. WHY IS TOBACCO USE
PREVALENT IN THE PHILIPPINES?
• Easy access and low
prices
• Aggressive and
widespread marketing
• Lack of awareness
about its danger
• Weakness in the
implementation of
policies and programs

12. HEALTH HAZARDS
For EVERY CIGARETTE STICK smoked, a smoker
loses 5 TO 10 MINUTES of his/her precious life and
also endangers the lives of people around them.

13. 3 MAIN COMPONENTS OF
TOBACCO SMOKE
• NICOTINE
• TAR
• CARBON MONOXIDE

15. HEALTH HAZARDS
Smoking is the most common cause of CANCERS.

16. HEALTH HAZARDS
You are 10 times more likely to die early from
MAJOR STROKE or HEART ATTACK.

17. HEALTH HAZARDS
Smoking increases the risk of developing
DIABETES.

18. HEALTH HAZARDS
Smokers suffer more frequently from
SEVERE BRONCHITIS and EMPHYSEMA.

19. HEALTH HAZARDS
Smoking damages small blood vessels and
can lead to GANGRENE and AMPUTATION.

20. HEALTH HAZARDS
Smoking leads to TOOTH DECAY and turns
your teeth and fingers yellow.

21. HEALTH HAZARDS
Smoking affects your skin and complexion;
it leads to PREMATURE AGING and WRINKLES.

22. HEALTH HAZARDS
Male smokers have LOWER SPERM COUNT
and UNABLE TO HAVE AN ERECTION.

23. ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE
Mimics cigarette smoking using atomized vapor.
Contains propylene, glycol, water, flavoring and
varying levels of NICOTINE.

24. KINDS OF TOBACCO SMOKE

25. KINDS OF TOBACCO SMOKE
THIRD-HAND SMOKE is
the combination of cigarette
byproducts that cling to
smokers’ hair and clothing
as well as to floors, surfaces,
carpets, furniture, appliances,
fabrics and children’s toys –
even after tobacco smoke has
cleared.

26. REPUBLIC ACT 9211
• Promote smoke-free areas
• Inform public of the health
risks of tobacco use
• Ban all tobacco
advertisement and
sponsorship and restrict
promotions
• Regulate labelling of tobacco
products
• Protect youth from being
initiated to smoking

27. REPUBLIC ACT 9211
SMOKING BAN in centers of
youth activity such as:
• Playschools
• Preparatory School
• Elementary and High Schools
• Colleges and Universities
• Youth Hostels
• Recreational facilities for
persons under 18 years old
like but not limited to
playgrounds.

28. REPUBLIC ACT 9211
• SMOKING BAN in public
conveyances like jeepneys,
buses, taxis and tricycles.
• OTHER SMOKING BAN in
elevators and stairwells,
locations in which fire
hazards are present, health
and hospital facilities, public
conveyances, and food
preparation areas.

29. REPUBLIC ACT 9211
• All forms of tobacco
advertisements in mass
media are banned.
• All outdoor advertising is
banned.
• Cigarette and tobacco
companies are PROHIBITED
FROM SPONSORING any
sport, concert, cultural art or
event.

30. NATIONWIDE SMOKING BAN

31. NATIONAL SMOKING
CESSATION PROGRAM
Promote and advocate
smoking cessation in the
Philippines; and provide
smoking cessation
services to current
smokers interested in
quitting the habit.

32. NATIONAL SMOKING
CESSATION PROGRAM
Through health
education, smokers shall
be assisted to quit their
habit and their
immediate family
members shall be
empowered to assist and
facilitate the smoking
cessation process.

33. NATIONAL SMOKING
CESSATION PROGRAM
• Based on the country’s
2015 Global Adult Tobacco
Survey (GATS), seven in 10
of Filipino smokers would
like to quit tobacco.
• But only 4% of those who
smoked in the past 12
months reported success in
fully kicking the deadly
habit.

34. ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO STOP!

35. THE CHOICE IS YOURS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

36. Excerpts from:
NEW VOIS ASSOCIATION OF THE
PHILIPPINES, INC.