No smoking

World No Tobacco Day
World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on May 31. It is created in 1987.
It is meant to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption across the globe

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World No Tobacco Day








CONTENT
The number of smokers around the world
Cigarette substances
The danger of smoking
Death number
Smoking in Vietnam
Effort to reduce smoking
Some tips to stop smoking
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The number of smokers
around the world

An estimated 1.3 billion people are smokers worldwide (WHO).

1 billion men and about 250 million women use tobacco every day around the world, (a study at the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health).
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800 million smokers in developing countries.

66 percent of all smokers live in just 15 countries (The Union and the WLF).

1.8 billion young people aged of 10 to 24 smoke cigarettes
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45+ million (28%) Americans smoked in 2006 (the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
About 50% of males smoke and youths, especially girl in the ASEAN (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam).
About 350 million smokers (about 25% of the population) in China. It`s 1/3 of the world`s smokers (World Health Organization statistics).

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About 40 million of China`s 130 million children aged 13 to 18 had tried smoking (a Health Ministry report).

56.8% male Chinese doctors smoke, highest in the world (the China Preventive Medicine Association).

More information
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Cigarette substances
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Three of the main components of environmental tobacco

Nicotine - an addictive drug as powerful as cocaine or heroin. It alters the brain as well as a person`s behavior and mood. It is also used in insecticides.
Tar - a cancer causing substance that damages the lungs.
Carbon monoxide - a gas that replaces some of the oxygen in the body that is needed for the lungs to function properly. Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas, which is also found in car exhaust fumes.
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The dangers of smoking
Smoking and your health
Smoking affect every part of your body
Smoking lead to both minor and major
health problems
Gum disease and bad breath
Coughs and shortness of breath
Colds and flu
Mouth ulcers
High blood pressure
Asthma attacks
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Smoking and your appearance

Smoking reduces the amount of blood flowing to the skin and dries it out & lead to lose elasticity and get more wrinkled.

Smoking causes changes in the glands that secrete hormones so smokers store more body fat around their waist and upper torso than their hips
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In the long-term, breaking the habit reduces the chances of you suffering from
Stroke
Reduced vision
Mouth and throat cancer
Heart disease
Emphysema and bronchitis
Lung cancer
Stomach ulcers
Bladder cancer
Infertility
Peripheral vascular disease, which can lead to gangrene and amputation of limbs
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Smoking makes it harder for saliva to remove germs in your mouth so you have more chance of getting gum disease => premature tooth loss and bad breath.

More stains in your hands & mouth
Smoking and your wallet
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Smoking causes more than $196 billion each year in health-related costs

If you smoke an average 20-a-day, you will smoke 7,300 cigarettes a year, that still means you spend at least £1,500 on cigarettes every year.
Second-hand smoke
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Second-hand smoke
A non-smoker who lives with a smoker may be exposed to about 1% of their tobacco smoke from passive smoking => Some diseases:
Eye irritation Sore throat
Headache Dizziness
Cough Nausea

This can increase their chances of developing lung cancer or dying from a heart attack.
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Smoking in pregnancy

Slows the flow of blood in the placenta =>fewer nutrients reach the foetus and affect its growth and development.

Risk of:
Miscarriage/stillbirth
Premature birth
Cot death
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Death numbers
Around 5.4 million deaths a year are caused by tobacco.
Every 6.5 seconds a current or former smoker dies (the World Health Organization)
Tobacco use will kill 1 billion people in the 21st century if current smoking trends continue.
33% to 50% of all smokers are killed by their habit.
Smokers die on average 15 years sooner than nonsmokers. More
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In Vietnam
• Now 56% of men and 1.8% of women smoker. Young smokers make 31% of the total.
40,000 citizens die every year due to diseases caused by smoking.
In recent years, smokers in Vietnam have spent over 8.2 trillion Vietnamese dong (512.5 million U.S. dollars) on smoking
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Efforts to reduce smoking
From government
Tobacco labels
Advertising
New laws will affect tobacco marketing
Taxes
Smoking bans

2. From agencies and organizations
From individuals
It depends on yourself to give up smoking
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Some tips to give up smoking
Write a list of the reasons why you want to stop, and keep them with you.
Set a date for stopping, and stop completely.
Tell everyone that you are giving up smoking => they support.
Get rid of ashtrays, lighters, and all cigarettes.

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Be prepared for some withdrawal symptoms.
Be aware of situations in which you are most likely to want to smoke.
Mark off each successful day on a calendar.
Try sugar-free gum and fruit instead.
Don`t despair if you fail.
Stop Smoking Clinics are available on the National Health Service.
Many useful books to help quit smoking.
REFERENCE
http://www.inforesearchlab.com/smokingdeaths.chtml
http://www.inforesearchlab.com/internationalsmokingfacts.chtml
www.quit.org.uk
www.smokefree.nhs.uk
  www.patient.co.uk/health/Smoking-Tips-to-help-you-stop.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_No_Tobacco_Day






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