big no to smoking.pptx

8/14/2019 Big no to smoking.pptx

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AUDIENCE POLL


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There are 1.1billion smokers in

the world today.

This number isexpected toincrease to 1.6billion by the year

2025.


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Smoking is as much a psychological pleasure as it is a

physiological satisfaction.

Coping with anger, stress, anxiety, tiredness or sadness.

Smoking is pleasant and relaxing.

Smoking makes you feel calm and alive.

As a way to socialize.

A way to look confident and in control.


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Statutory warnings on cigarettepacks shouldn't be taken lightly.Smoking does kill you, slowlyand over several years.Smoking contributes to anumber of cancers.Mixture of Nicotine and CarbonMonoxide when inhaledtemporarily increases heart rateand blood pressure.


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It is estimated the trillions offilters, filled with toxic chemicalsfrom tobacco smoke, make their

way into our environment asdiscarded waste yearly.While they may look like whitecotton, they are actually made ofvery thin fibers of plastic calledcellulose acetate.A Cigarette filter can takebetween 18 months to 10 yearsto decompose.


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A typical cigarette containsapproximately 8 or 9 mg ofNicotine.While the nicotine content of acigar is 100 to 200 mg with someas high as 400mg.There is enough Nicotine in 4 or

5 cigarettes to kill an averageadult if ingested whole.


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Ambergris, otherwise known asWhale Vomit is one of thehundreds of possible additives

in manufactures cigarettes.Radioactive lead and poloniumare both present in low levels incigarette smoke.Hydrogen cyanide, one of thetoxic byproducts present incigarette smoke was used as agenocidal chemical agentduring World War II.


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Second hand smokecontains more than 50cancer causing chemicalcompounds.

11 of which are known to

be group 1 carcinogens.


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Children are picking upsmoking at an alarming rateof 80,000 to 1,00,000 a dayworldwide.

1 in 5 teens age 13 to 15 Smoke Cigarettes


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Half of all the Long term smokers will die a tobacco related death.

Every Eight seconds, a human life is lost to tobacco usesomewhere in the world, that translates toapproximately 5 million deaths annually.


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It is estimated that approximately 1 billion liveS will be lostthis century unless serious anti smoking efforts are madeon a global level.

Remember, smoking kills not only your health and well-

being, but also that of others, including your children.


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Stub out that cigarette. Start to live healthy.

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