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ONE THIRD OF ALL CANCERS IN INDIA ARE TOBACCO RELATED 90% OF ORAL CANCERS ARE DUE TO TOBACCOP USE 50% OF ALL CANCERS IN MAN ARE DUE TO TOBACCO USE 25% OF ALL CANCERS IN WOMAN ARE DUE TO TOBACCO USE 90% OF LUNG CANCER DEATHS ARE CAUSED DUE TO SMOKING
TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
CIGARETTE
25% 20%
BIDI
55%
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS AGED >15 YRS WHO CHEW TOBACCO AND SMOKE
STATE
INDIA
ASSAM MANIPUR MEGHA. MIZORAM NAGAL.
MALE
33.1%
34.9% 39.2% 57.6% 67.1% 49.5%
MALE
28.3%
48.2% 34.4% 16.7% 60.3% 45.3%
FEMALE FEMALE
2.5%
2.7% 12.2% 6.8% 22.1% 2.5%
PUNJAB
15.8%
9.3%
0.3%
0.2%
TOBACCO
TOXIC TO THE BODY OBNOXIOUS BAD FOR HEALTH ADDICTIVE CAUSES CANCER CAUSES SEVERAL DISEASES OPPRESSIVE TO MIND
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
SHORTNESS OF BREATH
LUNGS
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
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.
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
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