Hazards of Tobacco Addiction and Benefits of Quitting

An Initiative by

Cell

Elder Pharmaceuticals

Ltd

Tobacco use – A preventable health hazard

Smoked Tobacco

Cigarette

BidiPipe

Hookah Cigar

Smokeless Tobacco

Gutkha Paan

Khaini Chewed tobacco

Snuff

Zarda

Health Hazards of Tobacco Use

Cigarette smoke consists of around 4000 chemicals

Many have association with health problems

43 of them are confirmed carcinogens

Smokeless tobacco is no better

Analysis confirms presence of 28 carcinogens

The health risks of Tobacco

Cancers of the mouth,throat and oesophagus

Peripheral artery disease

Low birth weight baby

Cervical cancer

Bladder cancer

Ulcer

Pancreatic cancer

Lung cancer

Chronic obstructivepulmonary disease

Coronary heart disease

Cancers of the larynx

Stroke

Normal Lung

Smoker’s Lung

Black lung

Above:Abdominal Aorta in Non-Smoker

Below:Abdominal Aorta in Smoker

Dead Foot - Because of poor blood flow to this foot, a severe infection set in. The foot

died and had to be cut off. Smoking can cause poor blood flow.

Gangrene and limb

amputation

Oral Cancer due to Chewed Tobacco

LIP CANCER

MOUTH CANCER

Effects of Our Tobacco Use on Family

Dad, can i hold this

cigarette in my

hand!!

WHAT IS IT THAT DAD

SMOKES??

My dad is a hero; I want to be like him

Mom, please give me this

stick, I want to play

with it

IT’S NOT THAT BAD!!

IT’S BAD!!

TOBACCO IS A PEDIATRIC EPIDEMICINDIA REPORTS 5 MILLION CHILD SMOKERS

55000 children start regular tobacco use every year(WHO, 1997)

Nicotine dependence

Peer Pressure

Social Models

How Does Smoking Start in adolescence?

Parents smoking

Being a man

Smoking stars in India

76% of Bollywood films show

smoking scenes

Stages of tobacco addicts behaviour

Preparation

Experimentation

Trying

Regular use

Nicotine dependence

The Vicious Cycle of tobacco addiction

Brain chemicals

•Withdrawal symptoms•Lack of pleasure

Thus, ADDICTING the person to tobacco

When one stops tobacco

Relapse of tobacco use

Relief from•Withdrawal symptoms

•the pleasure again

Tobacco abuse

AIDS +Alcohol abuse

+Other drug use

+Homicide +Suicide +Motor vehicle accidents +Fires combined

(CDC, 1996)

Benefits of tobacco cessation

Health benefits of quitting

• Within 20 min Blood pressure drops to normal

• Within 8 hours CO level in your blood drops to normal

• 24 hrs later Chances of heart attack decreases

• 2 weeks later Blood circulation improves

• 3 months later Lung function increases

• 1-9 months Coughing, fatigue, shortness of breath decrease

• After one year Risk of smoking related heart attack cut in half

• Tobacco cessation decreases the risk of lung cancer, other cancers, heart attack, stroke, and chronic obstructive lung disease.

• Former tobacco users live longer than continuing tobacco users.

• tobacco cessation at all ages reduces the risk of premature death.

Health benefits of quitting

Aesthetic Benefits Of Tobacco Cessation

• Improved health

• Improved sense of smell

• Improved sense of taste

• Improved self-esteem

Aesthetic Benefits Of Tobacco Cessation

• Home, car, breath won’t smell like tobacco smoke

• No more health threat to babies and children

• No anxiety about exposing others to smoke

• Improved athletic performance

• Freedom from addiction

Benefits of quitting start immediately,

So why wait!!

QUIT

Tobacco

Begin New Life