Smoking

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

History of Tobacco And Cigarette Smoking

Tobacco Began Growing in The US About 6000 BC

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IN THE BEGINING

Tobacco is a plant that grows natively in North and South America. It is in the same family as the potato, pepper and the poisonous nightshade. It is a very deadly plant.

It Was Belief That Tobacco Could be Used as Cure to 36 Different Health Problems

In 1571, Spanish doctor named Nicolas Monardes wrote a book about “History of the Medicinal plants of New World “in which He Mentioned Tobacco as Cure to 36 Health Problems.

First Book on Tobacco Explaining Benefits of Tobacco Smoking

Three Purpose Of Growing Tobacco Plants

Native Mayan Indians Were Using Tobacco for Different Medicinal and Religious purpose

Tobacco was believed to be a cure-all, and was used to dress wounds, as well as a pain killer.

Mayan Indians believed that Smoke of Tobacco was a medium to Connect with Spiritual World.

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Stone Carving Of

Mayan Priest Taking Smoke

Through Tube Like Device

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Some Ancient Smoking Devices

THE NEW WORLD DISCOVERED (1400-

1700) On October 15, 1492, Christopher Columbus was offered dried tobacco leaves as a gift from the American Indians that he encountered. Soon after, sailors brought tobacco back to Europe, and the plant was being grown all over Europe.

In 1881, James Bonsac invented first automatic cigarette making machine

First Cigarette Making Machine, Capable of Making 200 Cigarettes Per Minute.

Why Do Young People Start Smoking?

Think of Some Reasons

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Some Reasons: Young people are attracted to the image:

Because their friends and family are smokers

Cultural Influences

1.5---1.7 billion of

people smoke

Every 10 seconds one person dies because of

smoking

300,000 cigarettes are smoked every second

Smoking causes death of 4.7 million people

globally in 2007

6% of the world’s deaths are caused by smoking

Smoking may be up to five times more prevalent amongst men

than women in some communities

The total mass of cigarette stubs is about 2,5 milion tons

yearly

What are in Cigarettes?

Do YOU know?

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

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Nicotine is the main addictive component in tobacco, which is administered via smoking (e.g., cigarettes, cigars, pipes, bidis, hookah) or in smokeless formulations (e.g., dip, snuff, snus, chew). However, smoking tobacco is clearly not equivalent to taking nicotine. Cigarette smoking causes nicotine, brain monoamine oxidase (MAO), and other effects in the smoker, some due to the smoke and others due to nicotine

Following administration, nicotine rapidly binds to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the central nervous system (CNS), where it acts as a mild psychostimulant and mood modulator in a nonimpairing, yet profoundly addictive manner. When the user is tired, smoking has a stimulating effect. When the user is anxious or stressed, smoking exerts a calming effect. Smoking is injection without a needle, and owing to its short half-life, repeated self administration serves to effectively relieve unpleasant withdrawal symptoms from the nicotine itself. Repeated use quickly leads to both physiologic and psychological dependence.

What are some of the consequences of

smoking?

Smoking affects how long you live and your quality of life

Cigarette smokers die younger than non-smokers. In fact, according to a study done in the late 1990s by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), smoking shortened male smokers’ lives by 13.2 years and female smokers’ lives by 14.5 years. Men and women who smoke are much more likely to die between the ages of 35 and 69 than those who have never smoked. Stopping smoking by age 40 reduces loss of life by about 90%, but quitting at any age can reduce the risk of early death.

Smoking

StrokeLung

Cancer

StomachCancer Throat

Cancer

Emphysema

HeartDisease

BladderCancer

Other effects

Pregnancy:

The growth of baby retards when mother smokes in pregnancy. It affects the brain development of baby. and have lower birth weight, respiratory diseases, and other illnesses. This happens even when mother is a passive smoker. The chances of miscarriage, premature birth and fetal death increase.

But what does these things really look like?

How do these images make you feel?

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Say NO to smoking. The difference is clear

If you quit smoking right now,

in 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back to normal

in 8 hours the carbon monoxide levels in your blood stream will drop by half and oxygen levels will return to normal

in 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body.

in 72 hours your energy levels will increase

in 2 weeks your circulation will increase and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks

in 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half

If you quit smoking right now,

in 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of non-smoker

in 10 years your risk of having lung cancer will have returned to that of non-smoker

in 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker

You make a decision