MAY 31- 2009.

PREFERED & PRESENTED BY

MJF. Ln. Dr. N. MOHANDAS THANJAVUR ANCIENT CITY LIONS CLUB

IN INDIA 55 ,000 YOUGSTERSIN THE HABIT OF SMOKING18 CRORE 40 LAKHS IN THE HABIT OF TOBACCO USEBECAUSE OF THIS 8 LAKHS SUFFER FROM CANCERIN 2020 IT WILL INCREASE TO 15 LAKHS.IN INDIA DAILY 2200 WILL DIE OF CANCERTHAT IS 90 PER HOUR.

SMOKING IN FILMS BY HEROES

AND HEROINES ENCOURAGES

YOUNG PEOPLE TO SMOKE.

A STUDY OF A SAMPLE OF 395

BOLLYWOOD FILMS MADE BETWEEN

1991 –2002 REVELS THAT

76.5%POTRAYED TOBACCO USE.

FILMS ENCOURAGING MILLIONS OF

YOUNG TO INTIATE SMOKING.

UNION HEALTH MINISTER SAID

BAN ALL SMOKING RELATED

SCENES IN MOVIES .

REQUESTED THE ACTORS

NOT TO ACT IN THE SMOKING SCENE.

BAN ON SMOKING ON BOTH AND

SMALL SCREENS WILL COME INTO

EFFECT FROM OCT 2 MAHATHMA

GANDHI’S ANNIVERSARY.

CARBON MONOXIDE

METHONAL

ARSENIC

METHANE

NICOTINEAMMONIA

TAR

CONTENTS OF A CIGRETTE

COTAINS MORE THAN 4000 CHEMICALS VARIOUS TOXIC, MUTAGENIC AND CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS.

ORAL CANCER

LUNG CANCER

EYECHANGES

STOMACH ULCER

BURGERS DISEASEBLOOD SUPPLY REDUCED

CERVICAL CANCER

SMOKING *INCREASES: HEART BEAT,BLOOD PRESSURE.*INCREASES RISK OFCORONARY HEART DISEASE. THE RISK OF DYING OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE 70 PER CENT HIGHER FOR SMOKERS THAN FOR NON-SMOKERS.* THE RISK OF HAVING A HEART ATTACK 2-6 TIMES HIGHER IN SMOKERS COMPARED WITHNON-SMOKERS.*SMOKING-RELATED CORONARY HEART DISEASE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO HEART FAILURE, *SMOKING ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH.

SMOKING DAMAGES THE LUNGS. SMOKING CAN INCREASE RISK OF DEVELOPING RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS SUCH AS BRONCHITIS AND PNEUMONIA,CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD), CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND EMPHYSEMA, CONSEQUENCE OF LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO CIGARETTE PERSISTENT COUGH DIFFICULTY BREATHING.MORE THAN 80 PER CENT OF LUNG CANCERS ARE CAUSED BY SMOKING. AMONG SMOKERS,THE RISK OF DEVELOPING LUNG CANCER IS 23 TIMES HIGHER FOR MEN13 TIMES HIGHER FOR WOMEN COMPARED WITH NON-SMOKERS.

SMOKING RAISES BLOOD PRESSURE,A MAJOR RISK FACTOR FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS, WHICH CAUSES NARROWING ANDSTIFFENING OF THE BLOOD VESSELS.COMPLICATIONS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS INCLUDE: HEART ATTACK; STROKE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (IMPOTENCE);PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE (DECREASED BLOOD FLOW TO THE LEGSTHAT CAUSES LEG PAIN DURING EXERCISE IN ADVANCED CASES, ---AMPUTATION

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SMOKER'S LEG

SMOKING CAUSES:TOOTH DECAY, BAD BREATHE, GUM DISEASEDISCOLOURING OF TEETH MOUTH ULCERSCANCERS OF THE MOUTH AND TONGUE

THE RISK OF DEVELOPING CATARACTS IS 2-3 TIMES HIGHER AMONG SMOKERS COMPARED WITH NON-SMOKERS. SMOKING IS ALSO THE MAJOR PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF MACULAR DEGENERATION, A CONDITION WHICH CAUSES BLURRED CENTRAL VISION

SMOKER ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEARING LOSS DUE TO EAR INFECTIONS AND LOUD NOISE. SMOKERS MAY ALSO BE MORE LIKELY TO LOSE THEIR HEARING EARLIER. THIS IS DUE TO THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON BLOOD VESSELS, WHICH CAN REDUCE BLOOD FLOW TO THE INNER EAR. SMOKING AROUND CHILDREN CAN INCREASE THEIR RISK OF EAR INFECTIONS. .

SMOKING CAN REDUCE SENSE OF SMELL CAUSE CANCER OF NASAL CAVITY AND NASAL SINUS.

SMOKING WEAKENS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM ALLOWS DAMAGE TO THE HAIR ROOTS. PREMATURE HAIR LOSS.

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SMOKING IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING 5 TIMES FOR CANCER OF THE KIDNEYS AND BLADDER.

SMOKING CONTRIBUTES TO THE REDUCTION IN BONE DENSITY AMONG WOMEN INCREASES THE RISK OF HIP FRACTURE IN BOTH OLDER MEN AND WOMEN.ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA, WHICH IS A TYPE OF CANCER OF THE BONE MARROWHAS RECENTLY BEEN FOUND TO BE STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKING.

SMOKING IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF STROKE, CAUSING ABOUT 40 PER CENT OF ALL STROKES IN PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 65 YEARS.

SMOKING CAN CAUSE 7 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET CANCER OF THE MOUTH, SALIVARY GLANDS AND PHARYNX; 12 TIMES FOR CANCER OF THE THROAT; VOICE BOX (LARYNX), FOOD PIPE (OESOPHAGUS). AT LEAST 50 PER CENT OF THESE CANCERS ARE CAUSED BY SMOKING.

SMOKING INCREASES RISK OF

*STOMACH ULCER

*3 TIMES FOR CANCER OF THE STOMACH

*HEARTBURN

*STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT BOWEL, RECTAL

AND LIVER CANCERS ARE ALL MORE

COMMON IN PEOPLE WHO SMOKE.

*SMOKING CAN ALSO AFFECT YOUR LIVER,

*CANCER OF THE PANCREAS

SMOKERS’ SKIN OFTEN HAS A DRY, IRRITATED, DISCOLOURED, LEATHERY, OR WORN APPEARANCE. WRINKLES, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE EYES AND MOUTH, DEVELOP SOONER INCREASE RISK OF SKIN CANCER. MANY SMOKERS DEVELOP YELLOW DISCOLOURATION OF THEIR HANDS AND FINGERNAILS DUE TO THE TAR IN CIGARETTES

SMOKING INCREASES THE RISK OF CERVICAL CANCER IN WOMEN, INCREASED RISK OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (GETTING OR MAINTAINING AN ERECTION) IN MEN.

THE MANY METHODS OF QUITTING SMOKING INCLUDE COUNSELING AND SUPPORT GROUPS, NICOTINE PATCHES, GUMS AND SPRAYS, AND INCREMENTAL REDUCTION.