Tobacco smoking

briefly talking about tobacco

1. TOBACCO SMOKING Prepared by: Hawraz Faris Saadi

2. What is tobacco ? Tobacco is a plant grown for its leaves, which are dried and fermented before being put in tobacco products. Tobacco contains nicotine , an ingredient that can lead to addiction .

3. How do people use tobacco? People can smoke , chew , or snuff tobacco . Smoked tobacco products include cigarettes, cigars, bidis , and E-cigarette . Some people also smoke loose tobacco in a pipe or hookah (water pipe). Chewed tobacco products include chewing tobacco, snuff, dip .

4. How do people use tobacco? Snuff Cigars Chewing tobacco Hookah Bidis tobacco cigarette

5. Tobacco Is in legal use everywhere in the world, yet it causes far more deaths than all other psychoactive substances combined . About 3 million premature deaths a year ( 6% of the world total) are already attributed to tobacco smoking.

6. Facts about Smoking Each cigarette you smoke shortens your life by 14 minutes . 1/3rd of world population-Smoker Three million deaths annually because of smoking – means one death after every 8 seconds .

7. Smokers Have: Limited sense of smell. Greater risk of chest infections. Greater risk of coronary heart disease. Greater risk of developing cancer. Greater risk of blindness. Greater risk of periodontal or gum disease. More wrinkles.

8. Component of tobacco The burning of tobacco generates approximately 4000 compounds . The smoke can be separated into gas and particulate phases.

9. Component of tobacco Cont. The composition of the smoke delivered to the smoker depends on: The composition of tobacco and how densely it is packed. The length of the column of tobacco. The characteristics of the filter and the paper.

10. Component of tobacco Cont. Most important and dangerous constituents: Nicotine Carbon Monoxide Tar

11. Nicotine Nicotine is the addictive substance in cigarette smoke . Nicotine enters the bloodstream via the lungs and reaches the brain within 10 seconds of inhalation. The risk of developing dependence following exposure to cigarettes is greater than the risk of developing dependence following initial use of cocaine, alcohol or marijuana.

12. Nicotine Cont. The nicotine in cigarettes stimulates the body to produce adrenaline, which makes the heart beat faster and raising the blood pressure, making the heart work harder and raising myocardial oxygen demand.

13. Carbon Monoxide Poisonous gas Absorbed by red blood cells Stops them carrying oxygen This means the heart has to pump harder to supply the body with the oxygen it needs.

14. Tar A mixture of chemicals. Affects the ciliated cells. Condenses in the lungs. Linked to cancer. Linked to heart disease Linked to circulation problems

15. If we are quite smoking can we return to normal life ?

16. Benefits of quitting 12 hours : the carbon monoxide level in your blood returns to normal. 2-12 weeks : blood circulation and lung function begin to improve. 1 year : the increased risk of having a heart attack is reduced by half.

17. Benefits of quitting Cont. 5 years : risk of a stroke is reduced to the same risk as a person who never smoked. 10 years : the risk of lung cancer is reduced. 15 years : the risk of heart disease is that of a nonsmoker.

18. Thanks for listening

19. References https:// www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/cigarettes-other-tobacco-products http://www.healthydietbase.com/5-reasons-why-bidis-are-more-dangerous-than-cigarettes / https:// www.healthlab.tv/news/6569_one-cigarette-takes-14-minutes-of-your-life.html http:// news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/583722.stm http:// www.tobacco.yaia.com/composition.html http:// www.quitnow.gov.au/internet/quitnow/publishing.nsf/Content/benefits-of-quitting http:// www.quitnow.gov.au/internet/quitnow/publishing.nsf/content/warnings-b-addictive