2. Why Smoking is Bad for you? It’s between life or death
Haroon Nazeer

3. SMOKING!!!
The action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or a drug.

4. Why is smoking bad for you?
Smoking causes damage to nearly every organ in the body and is directly responsible for a number of diseases.
Smoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in your body.
Smoking shortens the life of a male by about 12 years and the life of a female by around 11 years.

5. Smoking and Cancer Smoking can cause Bladder Cancer Blood Cancer
Cervix Cancer
Colon and rectum Cancer
Esophagus Cancer
Kidney and ureter Cancer
Larynx Cancer
Liver Cancer
Oropharynx (includes parts of the throat, tongue, soft palate, and the tonsils) Cancer
Pancreas Cancer
Stomach Cancer
lung Cancer

6. Global Statistics for Smoking
A third of the global male adult population smokes.
Smoking-related disease kills one in ten adults globally.
In every 8 seconds, 1 person dies from tobacco use.
1.5 billion cigarettes are sold daily.
Among young teens (13-15) about 1 in 5 smokes worldwide.
Between 80,000 to 100,000 children worldwide start to smoke everyday.
Evidence shows that 50% of young teens who smoke will continue smoking for years.

7. Myths about smoking
“ I’m not addicted. I smoke only when my friends smoke.”
This is when someone is not physically addicted but when he/she is psychologically addicted. If you need to smoke when your friend does, it will be very difficult to quit.
“Smoking ‘light’ cigarettes is less harmful.”
Don’t be fool by the ‘light’ sign on the packet. It may have lower nicotine content, but you will still get addicted.

8. Health Effects
Every cigarette smoked cuts at least five minutes of life on average.
More than 4,000 toxic or carcinogenic chemicals have been found in tobacco smoke.
One survey found that 60% of Chinese adults did not know that smoking can cause lung cancer while 96% were unaware it can cause heart disease.

9. Smoking in Pakistan
If calculated on per day basis, 177 million cigarettes per day were consumed in 2014
According to the Pakistan Demographic Health Survey, 46% men and 5.7% women smoke tobacco.
Pakistan is the largest consumer of tobacco in South Asia.

10. Smoking in Pakistan

11. Chemicals in Cigarettes
Nicotine (insecticide/addictive drug)
Tar : Particulate matter drawn into lungs when you inhale on a lighted cigarette.
Carbon Monoxide: An odorless, tasteless and poisonous gas,
Ammonia (toilet cleaner)

12. Stop Smoking!

13. Benefits for Quitting General health improves More energy Save money
Sense of taste & smell improves
Set an example for young people

14. Use Start to Stop S = Set a quit date
T = Tell family, friends that you plan to quit
A = Anticipate (something that will or might happen in the future)
R = Remove cigarettes & tobacco from your home, car.
T = Talk to your Dr. about getting help to quit