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
1. The number of smokers around the world
2. Cigarette substances
3. The danger of smoking
4. Death number
5. Smoking in Vietnam
6. Effort to reduce smoking
7. 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).
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About 50% of males smoke and youths,
especially girl in the ASEAN (Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam).
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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).
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56.8% male Chinese doctors smoke,
highest in the world (the China
Preventive Medicine Association).
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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.
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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
1. Smoking and your health

Smoking affect every part of your body

Smoking lead to both minor and major
health problems
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Gum disease and bad breath

Coughs and shortness of breath
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Colds and flu
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Mouth ulcers
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High blood pressure
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Asthma attacks
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2. Smoking and your appearance
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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
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Stroke
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Reduced vision
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Mouth and throat cancer
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Heart disease
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Emphysema and bronchitis
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Lung cancer
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Stomach ulcers
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Bladder cancer
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Infertility
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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.
4. 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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5. Smoking in pregnancy
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Slows the flow of blood in the placenta
=>fewer nutrients reach the foetus and
affect its growth and development.

Risk of:

Miscarriage/stillbirth
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Premature birth
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Cot death
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Death numbers

Around 5.4 million deaths a year are caused by
tobacco.
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Every 6.5 seconds a current or former smoker
dies (the World Health Organization)
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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