TOBACCO IS HARMFUL FOR OUR LIVES AND IT'S COMPLETE DISCRIPTION IS GIVEN INTHIS

1. TOBACCO-
A LEADING RISK FACTOR FOR
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

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Why people smoke or
consume tobacco?
• For pleasure
• Out of curiosity
• Peer pressure
• To satisfy nicotine
addiction
• For social purpose
• For rituals
• For self medication
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Communicable Diseases
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4. MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE
Tobacco is the major public health
issue Smoking & smokeless tobacco
may lead to -
Mouth cancer
Lung cancer
Lung diseases
Heart disease
Decrease blood supply in legs
Premature birth of baby
Poor reproductive health in females
Fetal defects-child born with defects
Impotence
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5. Tobacco in India
British East India company grew tobacco in
India as cash crop
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6. Introduction of Gutkha
(oral tobacco) has opened
New front between
commercial tobacco use
and public health
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Tobacco in India
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Some facts about Tobacco
Consumption
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8. Some facts – cause of worry
• Currently 1.4 billion tobacco users in the
world
• Second major cause of death due to non
communicable disease.
• Half of today tobacco users will loose life due
to tobacco
• Currently 6 million people die every year
globally
• 1.2 million die in SEA region
• By 2030 – 8 million death / year is projected
of which 80% live in low & middle-income
countries
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Youth are of special concern
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10. Why Youth?
• Global population of young people (10-24) is
about 1.8 billion
• 325 million young people live in SEA region
• 85% in Developing countries
• New, young & potentially life long tobacco
users are soft targets for tobacco industry
• Most people start smoking before 18 years
• 1/4th of these, use tobacco before 10 years
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11. Why Youth?
• Experimentation at child & adolescent stage
leads life time tobacco dependence
(Nicotine is highly addictive)
• Younger children – More likely regular user
• Less likely to quit
• Easily moved by misleading advertisements
• Ignorant about health hazards
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12. Globally observing a day to
say
“No to Tobacco”
Observed every year on
31st May
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13. AIM
• To create public awareness
• To pressurize the
Government
• To warn industries
• To stimulate policy makers
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14. Ultimate aim
• To save our nation from human &
financial losses
• To increase our National Pride
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15. First World No Tobacco Day
by WHO
On April 7th, 1988
Theme
“Tobacco or Health; choose Health”
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Interference of tobacco
companies
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17. They include:
• Manufactures
• Whole sale distributors
• Importers
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18. Tobacco industries –
Enemies of Nation
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19. Because
• Continue to book profit for life
• It’s own expansion before health of future
generation.
• Own economic gain before the developing &
struggling countries.
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23. Two critical messages to understand
1. Tobacco marketing can contribute to
disability & death
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24. 2. Complete ban on advertisements/
sponsorship/promotion by industry are
highly effective
“Ban reduces experimentation & initiation”
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Tobacco should be
stopped or not?
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26. Let us join hands to make this
world tobacco free planet...
A place which even god envy to
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