Smoking

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What is Smoking ?

• If you smoke, you’ll probably get Nicotine

addiction.

• Nicotine is a highly addictive substance.

• Nicotine is defined as poisonous, oily, pale yellow

substance and turns brown when in contact with

oxygen.

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component of a cigarette

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How many smokers in the world ?

• There are more smokers now in 2014 than ever

before in history.

• They are about 1.1 billion smokers.

• One in every three adults are smokers, according

to the World Health Organization.

• China is the world’s largest producer and

consumer of cigarettes, with more than 350

million residents reporting being current or former

smokers.

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Global Statistics for Smoking (1)

• A third of the global male adult population

smokes.

• Smoking-related disease kills one in ten adults

globally, or cause 4 million deaths.

• If trend continues, 1 in 6 people will die in 2030.

• Every 8 seconds, 1 person dies from tobacco

use.

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Global Statistics for Smoking (2)

• Smoking is on the rise on the developing world,

but decreasing in developed countries.

• 1.5 billion cigarettes are sold daily.

• 12 times more British people died because of

smoking.

• The tobacco market is controlled by Britain,

America and Japan.

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statistics about smoking in Tunisia

• In Tunisia 61.3% have started smoking by the age

of 11.

• 30% of teenage students engage in the smoking

of shisha in the home and 40.8% in cafes.

• The Tunisian consumes 17 cigarettes per day on

average and devotes 5% of their income on

tobacco as against 3.2% for health and 1.8% for

culture.

• Tobacco causes 7,000 deaths per year in Tunisia,

the equivalent of 20 deaths per day.7

Why teenagers smoke ?

There are a variety of reasons :

• 1 out of 8 boys will say that smoking is “cool”.

• 2 out of 8 girls will say that smoking will keep

them slim.

• Others start because their friends smoke and

influence them to smoke.

• Most of them smoke because it ‘relieves stress’.

• Statistics show that 9 out of 10 tobacco people

start smoking before they reach 18.

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Health

• Every cigarette smoked cuts at least five minutes

of life on average - about the time taken to smoke

it.

• More than 4,000 toxic or carcinogenic chemicals

have been found in tobacco smoke.

• Smokers are more likely to get cancer, it is

approximated that 90% of lung cancer cases are

associated with smoking.

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Ways to quit smoking

• Smoking is haram.

• Put it in writing. Write down what are the good things

about quitting smoking.

• don't stay with other smokers. especially in the café .

• Throw away ALL your cigarettes. It’s very tempting to

smoke when you’re cigarettes are still there.

• Wash all of your clothes. To get rid of the cigarette smell.

• Keep yourself busy. It helps because if you’re busy you

won’t crave cigarettes that much.

• Try to practice sport .

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Thank you

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