FIGHT WITH TOBACCO CONSUMPTION - world no tobacco day

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

On World No Tobacco Day this year, special attention is being given to the harmful effects of tobacco marketing to women and girls. The World Health Organization says tobacco kills nearly five and a half million people a year — another victim every six seconds. Tobacco use is a top cause of death worldwide.

• Tobacco is used in many forms in which chewing or smoking is mainly used.
• More than one in three adults use tobacco  in some form.
• At any given time, 48% men and 20% women use tobacco.
• The mean age of getting hooked to use tobacco daily is 17.8 years.
• One in two adults are exposed to second hand smoke at home, withe exposure being higher in villages.

HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO

• Smoking and tobacco chewing causes most diseases affecting the heart, liver and lungs, including heart attack, stroke, chronic obstructive lung disease and cancers. 
  
• 28 Carcinogenic chemicals are present in tobacco. The main constituent of  tobacco is Nicotine. Nicotine is highly addictive with a quit rate of 5%.
• Some consequences of smoking are :-

1. Blindness
2. Infertility 
3. Cardiovascular disease
4. Gangrene results in loss of limbs
5. Various Cancers especially lung cancer.
   
6. Less Oxygen to the brain and heart.
7. Increased blood pressure
8. Shortness of breadth
9. Gum disease
10. Smelly mouth and teeth.
11. Smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke during pregnancy raises the risk of miscarriage and low birth weight. 
    

RESULT OF TOBACCO USE IN WORLD

• Globally 5.4 million deaths can be attributed to tobacco use, and by 2030 about 80% of these deaths will be in developing countries.
  
• Tobacco use kills a million people in India, which is a sixth of all tobacco related deaths.
•  Tobacco is continuously increased among girls.
  

SOME STEPS TO LEAVE SMOKING

• Keeping your mouth busy is a great way to kill the urge of smoking because smoking is more of a psychological problem, where one tends to get a high when happy, or distract oneself, when sad. Keep your mouth busy by chewing nuts and toffees, or palate boosters like amla and ajwain.
• Identify your reasons for quitting. set a date, usually within 10 days.
• Identify your barriers to quitting , an try not to be around when they smoke.
  
• Avoid succumbing to routine that trigger a smoking/chewing urges.
• Drink plenty of water over the first few days to flush out nicotine from your body.
• To help avoid weight gain, replace smoking with chewing sugarless gum or eating fruit.
• Put aside the money you would have spent on buying tobacco to reward yourself at the end of the month. 

               Unless u calculate how much u are spending on those death puffs you will never be able to realize how much you can actually save by not buying them.

• Get hired in a No-Smoking office.. Take up a job in an office , where you are not allowed to smoke. 

SECOND HAND SMOKING LEADS DEATH.

 Second hand smoking take place when the smoke from a person,s burning tobacco product or the smoker,s exhalation is inhaled by another non-smoker person. 

About 66% of the smoke from a cigarette is not inhaled by the smoker, but enters the air around, making it as devastating as smoking itsefs.

                 Research shows that second hand smoking has at least twice the amount of nicotine and tar as the smoke inhaled by the smoker, has five times the amount of carbon monoxide, contains higher levels of ammonia and cadmium, toxic hydrogen cyanide and nitrogen dioxide too.

A regular second hand smoking increases the risk of lung disease by 25% and heart disease by 10%.

SOME TRUE AMAZING FACTS ABOUT SMOKE

• 97% of quit attempts end in failure.
• 7 out of every 10 smokers want to quit the habit.
• They, however, can,t take the plunge because nicotine is as addictive as cocaine or heroin.
• A single re-use can get those trying to quit the habit hooked again.