World No Tobacco Day

A talk on SMOKING AND ITS HEALTH RISKS was done by Dr. Anand Kumar.

Contents of Cigarette Smoke

• More than 4000 substances in cigarette smoke. Mainly,

  • Carcinogens- Tar

  • Co-carcinogens-Phenols

  • Addicting agent-Nicotine

  • Other-Carbonmonoxide

Passive Smoking

• Also known as second hand smoking, involuntary smoking and environmental tobacco smoke exposure.

• Occurs when smoke from one person's burning tobacco product is inhaled by others.

• Passive smoking increases risk of cancers, CAD, respiratory illnesses and death.

Health Effects of Chronic Smoking

• Cancers- 1- Lung 2- Oral cavity 3- Larynx 4- Oesophagus 5- Stomach 6- Urinary bladder 7- Kidney

8- Colon 9- Cervix

• Coronary artery disease

• Strokes

• Chronic obstructive lung disease

• Aortic aneurysm

• Peripheral vascular disease

• Periodontitis

• Infertility

• All forms of tobacco smoking including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, bidis and hookahs can produce ill health effects and addiction.

• Cigar and pipe smokers tend to inhale less smoke than cigarette smokers, so their risk of lung cancer is lower but is still several times higher than the risk for non-smokers.

• Occurrence of carcinoma of oral cavity, larynx and oesophagus is same with cigar, pipe and cigarette.

• There is no evidence that "low-tar" cigarettes produce less ill-effect in humans.