This document summarizes the history of tobacco and smoking. It notes that tobacco originated in the Americas around 8000 years ago and was first smoked in ceremonies 2000 years ago. Christopher Columbus discovered tobacco in the 15th century. By the 1600s, tobacco use had spread worldwide. The first reports linking smoking to health risks like cancer appeared in the early 20th century. Cigarette machines were invented in the 1800s, mass producing cigarettes. The document outlines both short and long term health effects of smoking and secondhand smoke, as well as reasons people start smoking and benefits of quitting.

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4. History of smoking
 How long has tobacco been around?
 Tobacco has been growing wild in the Americas for nearly
8000 years.
 Around 2,000 years ago tobacco began to be chewed and
smoked during cultural or religious ceremonies and
events.

5. History of smoking
 Who discovered tobacco and where?
 Christopher Columbus
 In 1531 tobacco was cultivated for the first time in Europe
 1600 tobacco use had spread across the world

6.  When was tobacco first considered to be dangerous to health?
 In 1602 an anonymous English author wrote has essay that tabacco is
dangerous for health
 In 1795 Sammuel Thomas (Germany) reported that he was becoming more
aware of cancers of the lip in pipe smokers
 In 1798 the US physician Benjamin Rush wrote on the medical dangers of
tobacco
 During the 1920s the first medical reports linking smoking to lung cancer
began to appear.
 A series of major medical reports in the 1950s and 1960s confirmed that
tobacco caused a range of serious diseases.

7. When were cigarettes developed?
 Cigarette making machines were developed in the latter
half of the 1800s.
 In 1883, James Bonsack invented a machine that could
roll cigarettes and produce thousands per day

8. Reasons to Smoke
 Some want to act cool or act like someone special or
dangerous
 They are curious about cigarettes
 Stressed Relief
 Misinformation

9. Reasons to Smoke
Parental influence
To think properly
They want to get
attention

10. HARMFUL EFFECT FROM
CIGARATES

11. Harmful Effects of Smoking

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13. Effects of Smoking on the Body
Organ Short Term effects Long Term effects
Brain head-aches Stop body parts from
working & KILLS YOU
Eyes cannot focus Go Blind
Ears become a little deaf Totally Deaf
Mouth yellow teeth, bad breath Mouth Cancer
Skin wrinkles Skin Cancer
Heart strokes, increases
heart beat
Heart Disease
Lungs asthma Lung Cancer
Stomach problems for un-
born babies
Stomach Cancer

14. Expansion of finger ends- associated
with breathing and heart problems!

15. Damaged toes due to poor blood
circulation- will lead to amputation

16. Smoking kills and Smokers are
socially excluded

18. Over 4000 Chemicals!!!!

19. Secondhand Smoke
 Forms of smoke
• Sides stream smoke
• Mainstream smoke
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20. Children &
Secondhand Smoke
 38% of children aged 2 months to 5 years are
exposed to SHS in the home.
 Up to 2,000,000 ear infections each year.
 Up to 436,000 episodes of bronchitis in children
under five.
 Up to 190,000 cases of pneumonia in children
under five.
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21. Functionalist Approach towards
Smoking
 About 1.6 million people in Pakistan are directly or
indirectly related with Smoke industry jobs.
 Pakistan also export tobacco products.

22. What You Can Do…
 If you smoke quit as soon as possible!
 Do not allow smoking inside your home or
car – protect others from Secondhand
smoke.
 Get involved with tobacco awareness
campaigns – let others know about the risk!
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23. STARTING
YEARS
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
When do smokers start?
GRADE
12
GRADE
7
UNIVERSITY
Entrance
&
After

24. When You Quit…
 Within 20 Minutes:
 Blood pressure drops to normal
 Pulse rate returns to normal
 Body temperature of hands and feet increases to normal
 Within 8 Hours:
 Carbon Monoxide level in blood drops to normal
 Oxygen level in blood increases to normal
 Smoker's breath disappears
 Within 24 Hours:
 Your chance of a heart attack decreases.
 Within 48 Hours:
 Nerve endings start to re-grow
 Your ability to smell and taste is enhanced 25

25. When You Quit…
Within 72 Hours:
• Lung capacity increases making it easier to do physical
activities
Within 2 weeks - 3 months:
• Circulation improves
• Walking becomes easier
• Lung function increases up to 30 %
Within 1 - 9 months:
• Coughing, fatigue, shortness of breath decrease
• Energy level increases
• clean lungs, reduce infection
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26. When You Quit…
 Within One Year:
• Risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a
smoker
 Within Two Years:
• Heart attack risk drops to near normal
 Within 5 Years:
• Lung cancer death rate for average pack-a-day
smoker decreases by almost half
• Stroke risk is reduced
• Risk of mouth, throat and esophageal cancer is
half that of a smoker
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27. When You Quit…
 Within 10 Years:
• Lung cancer death rate is similar to that of a
person who does not smoke.
• The pre-cancerous cells are replaced.
 Within 15 Years:
• Risk of coronary heart disease is the same as a
person who has never smoked.
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28. It is surprising that the consumption of cigarettes has
been rising even in the absence of advertising and
despite a statutory warning on packets
 Pakistan consumes Rs450 billion on cigarettes
annually
Pakistan has the highest consumption of tobacco
in South Asia.

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