DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE ONCOLOGYDR.B.BOROOAH CANCER INSTITUTE

DO YOU KNOW ?

IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT AN AVERAGE OF 14 MINUTES OF LIFE IS LOST FOR EACH CIGARETTE SMOKED

TOBACCO USERS LOOSE AN AVERAGE OF 20-25 YEARS OF NON-TOBACCO LIFE EXPECTANCY

IN INDIA ONE PEOPLE DIE EVERY 40 SECONDS BECAUSE OF TOBACCO RELATED PROBLEMS

DO YOU KNOW ?

ONE THIRD OF ALL CANCERS IN INDIA ARE TOBACCO RELATED90% OF ORAL CANCERS ARE DUE TO TOBACCOP USE50% OF ALL CANCERS IN MAN ARE DUE TO TOBACCO USE25% OF ALL CANCERS IN WOMAN ARE DUE TO TOBACCO USE90% OF LUNG CANCER DEATHS ARE CAUSED DUE TO SMOKING

TOBACCO IN INDIA

TOBACCO IS SMOKED – IN CIGARETTES, BIDIS, CHUTTA AND HOOKAHS

TOBACCO IS CHEWED – IN PAANS WITH OR WITHOUT LIME AND BETEL NUTS

TOBACCO IS USED – AS SNUFF,GHUTKAS AND IN PAN MASALA

TOBACCO CONSUMPTION

20%

55%

25%

CIGARETTE

BIDI

CHEWINGTOBACCO,PANMASALA

TOBACCO CONTENT

TAR NICOTINE

CIGARETTE 18 – 28 mg 15.49-19.95 mg

BIDI 45 – 50 mg 21.2 mg

HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS AGED >15 YRS WHO CHEW TOBACCO AND SMOKE

STATE MALE MALE FEMALE FEMALESMOKER CHEWER SMOKER CHEWER

INDIA 33.1% 28.3% 2.5% 12.4%

ASSAM 34.9% 48.2% 2.7% 24.9%

MANIPUR 39.2% 34.4% 12.2% 19.6%

MEGHA. 57.6% 16.7% 6.8% 27.6%

MIZORAM 67.1% 60.3% 22.1% 60.7%

NAGAL. 49.5% 45.3% 2.5% 16.5%

PUNJAB 15.8% 9.3% 0.3% 0.2%

TOXIC TO THE BODYOBNOXIOUSBAD FOR HEALTHADDICTIVECAUSES CANCERCAUSES SEVERAL DISEASESOPPRESSIVE TO MIND

TOBACCO

TOBACCO CAUSES

LEADS TO BAD BREATH, STAINING OF TEETH AND POOR PERSONAL HYGIENE

CIGARETTE SMOKING INCREASES THE CHANCE OF GASTRODUODENAL ULCER

CONSUMING GUTHKA RESULTS IN ORAL SUBMUCOSAL FIBROSIS A DISEASE WHICH RESTRICTS MOUTH OPENING

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

SHORTNESS OF BREATH

LUNGS

GANGRENE OF FOOT, INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION

SUB-MUCOSAL FIBROSIS

STAINING OF TEETH

GUM ULCER GINGIVITIS

IRRITATING COUGH, MOUTH ULCER

ORAL CAVITY LARYNX

FLOOR OF THE MOUTH TONGUE

DAMAGING EFFECT ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

INCREASED RISK OF MISCARRIAGE

PRE TERM DELIVERY

STILLBIRTH

INFANT DEATH

LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABY

TOBACCO & WOMEN

MAKING THE NEXT GENERATION UNWELL!

TOBACCO CONTAINS…..

4000 DIFFERENT CHEMICALS, MANY OF WHICH ARE HARMFUL

TOBACCO CONTAINS NICOTINE, CARBON MONOXIDE,NAPTHALENE,ARSENIC,TAR, CADMIUM, CYANIDE GAS, BENZAPYRINE, DDT, BUTANE, PHENOL, ACETONE AND URETHANE

THE COMPONENTS OF SMOKE AFFECT THE HUMAN BODY AND CAUSE DISEASES

NICOTINE CAUSES…..

FOLLOWING INHALATION, NICOTINE IS ABSORBED INTO BLOODSTREAM AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE BRAIN ARE FELT 7 -8 SECONDS LATER

NICOTINE IN SMALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY STIMULATES NERVE IMPULSES AND IN LARGE AMOUNT INHIBITS THEM

NICOTINE CAUSES…..

INCREASE IN HEART RATE

INCREASE IN BLOOD PRESSURE

INCREASE IN HORMONE PRODUCTION

CONSTRICTION OF BLOOD VESSELS

CHANGES IN BLOOD COMPOSITION

CHANGES IN METABOLISM

CARBON MONOXIDE CAUSES….

CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) COMBINES MORE READILY WITH HAEMOGLOBIN THAN OXYGEN (O2) DOES,CARRYING CO ROUND THE BODY INSTEAD OF OXYGEN

CO AFFECT THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE HEART

FATTY DEPOSITION IN THE ARTERIAL WALL AFFECTING THE CIRCULATION

TAR CAUSES…..

TAR IS A BROWN STICKY SUBSTANCE WHICH COATS THE LUNG LIKE SOOT IN A CHIMNEY AND MAKING IT LESS ELASTIC.

IRRITIRANTS IN TAR ALSO DAMAGE THE LUNG, CAUSING NARROWING OF BRONCHIOLES, COUGHING, AN INCREASE IN BRONCHIOLE MUCUS AND DAMAGE TO SMALL HAIRS WHICH HELP PROTECT THE LUNGS FROM DIRT AND INFECTION.

PASSIVE SMOKING

PASSIVE SMOKING

ALSO KNOWN AS ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE (ETS)

INVOLUNTARY INHALATION OF TOBACCO SMOKE BY A NON - SMOKER

ETS IS OF 2 TYPES –LEFT OUT SMOKE BY A BY A SMOKER OR MAIN STREAM SMOKE

ORIGINAL SMOKE FROM BURNING CIGARETTE OR SIDE STREAM SMOKE

PASSIVE SMOKING

SIDE STREAM SMOKE CONTAINS THREE TIMES MORE NICOTINE AND TAR AND FIFTY TIMES MORE CANCER CAUSING SUBSTANCES THAN MAIN STREAM SMOKE

A PREGNANT WOMAN EXPOSED TO ETS HAVE INCREASE CHANCE OF ABORTION, FOETAL DAETH AND DELIVERY OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABY

QUITTING SMOKING

HOW CAN I QUIT TOBACCO USE

IT IS NOT VERY SIMPLE BUT YOU CAN DO IT. SURPRISINGLY 85% TOBACCO USERS WISH TO GIVE IT A TRY

ON CESSATION OF SMOKING, THE RELATIVE RISK OF DEVELOPING LUNG CANCER DECLINES STEEPLY SO THAT AFTER NEXT TEN YEARS THE RISK IS ALMOST AS LOW AS IN LIFE LONG NON-SMOKERS

ON QUITTING SMOKING THE RISK OF DEATH FROM ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE ALSO DECLINES

QUITTING SMOKING

NICOTINE PRODUCES DEPENDENCE

SUDDEN CESSATION OF SMOKING REDUCES WITHDRAWL SYMPTOMS

A SMOKER WHO CUTS DOWN ON HIS CIGARETTE SMOKING PRECIPITATES A CHRONIC STATE OF WITHDRAWL

FOR THOSE WHO FIND DIFFICULTY IN QUITTING SHOULD SWITCH OVER TO NICOTINE CHEWING GUM FOR A WHILE

20 minutes:Blood pressure and pulse rate drops to normal;

8 hours:Oxygen level increases to normal & carbon monoxide

level drops in blood. 24 hours:

Chance for a heart attack goes down.48 hours:

Ability to smell and taste improves; walking is becomingeasier.

2 weeks to 3 months:Blood circulation improves. No more cold hands and

cold feet. Lung function increased up to 30%.

BENEFITS OF QUITTING TOBACCO

1 month to 9 months:Coughing, sinus congestion and shortness of

breath have decreased dramatically. 1 year:

Risk of coronary heart disease is cut in half.5 years:

Risk of stroke reduced to that of a nonsmoker. Risk of cancers of the mouth, throat and

esophagus cut in half. Risk of lung cancer reduced in half.

10 years:Risk of dying from lung cancer is cut in half

15 years:Risk for coronary heart disease and stroke is

the same as for a lifelong nonsmoker.

BENEFITS OF QUITTING TOBACCO

TOBACCO CESSATION CLINIC

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