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What is Smoking???Smoking refers to the inhalation and exhalation of fumes from burning tobacco in cigars, cigarettes and pipes.
IN THE BEGINING
Tobacco is a plant that grows natively in North and South America. It is in the same family as the potato, pepper and the poisonous nightshade. It is a very deadly plant.
In 1571, Spanish doctor named Nicolas Monardes wrote a book about “History of the Medicinal plants of New World “in which He Mentioned Tobacco as Cure to 36 Health Problems.
First Book on Tobacco Explaining Benefits of Tobacco Smoking
Three Purpose Of Growing Tobacco Plants
Native Mayan Indians Were Using Tobacco for Different Medicinal and Religious purpose
Tobacco was believed to be a cure-all, and was used to dress wounds, as well as a pain killer.
Mayan Indians believed that Smoke of Tobacco was a medium to Connect with Spiritual World.
THE NEW WORLD DISCOVERED (1400-
1700) On October 15, 1492, Christopher Columbus was offered dried tobacco leaves as a gift from the American Indians that he encountered. Soon after, sailors brought tobacco back to Europe, and the plant was being grown all over Europe.
In 1881, James Bonsac invented first automatic cigarette making machine
First Cigarette Making Machine, Capable of Making 200 Cigarettes Per Minute.
Some Reasons: Young people are attracted to the image:
Because their friends and family are smokers
Cultural Influences
1.5---1.7 billion of
people smoke
Every 10 seconds one person dies because of
smoking
300,000 cigarettes are smoked every second
Smoking causes death of 4.7 million people
globally in 2007
6% of the world’s deaths are caused by smoking
Smoking may be up to five times more prevalent amongst men
than women in some communities
The total mass of cigarette stubs is about 2,5 milion tons
yearly
Over 4000 Chemicals!!!!(60 of which are carcinogenic)
Image courtesy of ClipArt
Source: www.willwilliams.co.uk/common-issues/smoking/whats-in-a-cigarette)
Nicotine is the main addictive component in tobacco, which is administered via smoking (e.g., cigarettes, cigars, pipes, bidis, hookah) or in smokeless formulations (e.g., dip, snuff, snus, chew). However, smoking tobacco is clearly not equivalent to taking nicotine. Cigarette smoking causes nicotine, brain monoamine oxidase (MAO), and other effects in the smoker, some due to the smoke and others due to nicotine
Following administration, nicotine rapidly binds to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the central nervous system (CNS), where it acts as a mild psychostimulant and mood modulator in a nonimpairing, yet profoundly addictive manner. When the user is tired, smoking has a stimulating effect. When the user is anxious or stressed, smoking exerts a calming effect. Smoking is injection without a needle, and owing to its short half-life, repeated self administration serves to effectively relieve unpleasant withdrawal symptoms from the nicotine itself. Repeated use quickly leads to both physiologic and psychological dependence.
Smoking affects how long you live and your quality of life
Cigarette smokers die younger than non-smokers. In fact, according to a study done in the late 1990s by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), smoking shortened male smokers’ lives by 13.2 years and female smokers’ lives by 14.5 years. Men and women who smoke are much more likely to die between the ages of 35 and 69 than those who have never smoked. Stopping smoking by age 40 reduces loss of life by about 90%, but quitting at any age can reduce the risk of early death.
Other effects
Pregnancy:
The growth of baby retards when mother smokes in pregnancy. It affects the brain development of baby. and have lower birth weight, respiratory diseases, and other illnesses. This happens even when mother is a passive smoker. The chances of miscarriage, premature birth and fetal death increase.
(Website Source: www.quitsmokingpainlesslynow.com/.../
Website Source: http://www.kaheel7.com/eng/index.php/health-a-medicine/80-smoking-the-21st-epidemic-disease
If you quit smoking right now,
in 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back to normal
in 8 hours the carbon monoxide levels in your blood stream will drop by half and oxygen levels will return to normal
in 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body.
in 72 hours your energy levels will increase
in 2 weeks your circulation will increase and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks
in 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half
If you quit smoking right now,
in 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of non-smoker
in 10 years your risk of having lung cancer will have returned to that of non-smoker
in 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker