Do You Know?
While smoking tobacco you inhale up to 4000 chemicals including
these poisons causing Fatal Diseases like Cancer, Heart Attack
etc.
Smoke Tobacco to get killed ………..
Choice is yours
| Nicotine |
Carcinogen (TOBACCO) |
| Cadmium |
Carcinogen (Car Batteries) |
| Napthylamine |
Carcinogen |
| Pyrene |
Carcinogen |
| Benzopyrene |
Carcinogen |
| Toluidine |
Carcinogen |
| Urethane |
Carcinogen |
| Vinyl Chloride |
Carcinogen |
| Polonium-210 |
Carcinogen |
| Dibenzacridine |
Carcinogen |
| Carbon Monoxide |
Poisonous gas in Car Exhaust |
| Hydrogen Cyanide |
Poison used in gas Chambers |
| Phenol |
Disinfectant |
| Arsenic |
White Ant Poison |
| DDT |
Insecticide |
| Butane |
Lighter Fuel |
| Methanol |
Rocket Fuel |
| Acetone |
Paint Stripper |
| Ammonia |
Floor Cleaner |
| Toluene |
Industrial Solvent |
| Napthalene Dimethylnitrosamine |
Moth Balls |
Source: The Times of India - Friday September 12, 2003
No ifs no buts....smoking kills. Figures available with the
World Health Organisation (WHO) prove that smoking is the single
largest preventable cause of death worldwide. The facts are
strikingly shocking. Of everyone alive today 5,00,000,000 will
eventually be killed by tobacco-use. Smoking is responsible for
90 percent of all forms of lung cancer, and 75 percent of cases
involving chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Tobacco smoke
contains more than 4,000 chemicals, 60 of which-including
arsenic, used in ant poison; methanol, found in rocket fuel; and
DDT, an insecticide-are either known or suspected to be
carcinogens. The cigarette lodged between your fingertips is the
stick of death. It's time to wakeup to reality today. Tomorrow
could be too late.
"On a global scale, smoking kill 560 people every hour 13,400
people per day, and 4.9 million people per year" - World Health
Organistion
The world over, cigarettes have increasingly become the focus of
public and media attention, specially in the US where there has
been a spate of cases by individual smokers seeking
billion-dollar damages. So much so, writers such as John Grisham
have penned betsellers (Run-away Jury) on this theme and
Hollywood has made movies-The Insider is a case in point-on the
topic. Smoking might be an outdated habit in today's time, but a
World Bank study reveals that India, Indonesia and China are the
only countries where the last decade has witnessed an increase
in cigarette consumption.
The alarm bells are ringing. "Tobacco is a carcinogenic
substance and the prime cause of heart disease, stroke and
chronic lung disease. It also leaves the body susceptible to
tuberculosis. Around 2,00,000 smokers in India succumb to TB
each year," point out Sanjiv Malik, secretary of the Indian
Medical Association (IMA).
"Smoking kills. Every cigarette takes away five minutes of your
life, which is roughly the time taken to smoke it," reiterates
Samir Kaul, senior consultant, oncology department, Indraprastha
Apollo Hospital. No, this is not the voice of anti-tobacco
lobbyists speaking, but cold facts. Consider this: one in 10
persons addicted to the engineered drug-delivery device of
nicotine, a substance claimed to be more addictive than heroin,
falls victim to smoking. By 2030, if not sooner, this ratio will
be 1:6. Smoking kills 560 people every hour, 13,400 people per
day, and 4.9 million people per year, according to the Who.
In India, the Supreme Court has banned smoking in public places
and public transport. But have anti-smoking directives achieved
any measure of success? Apparently not. Each day 2,500 persons
across India die of smoking-related diseases..... this
translates into a death every 40 seconds. But even this number
will be dwarfed in the future if India continues to smoke as
much as it does. Fifty per cent of India's population is
under-25-the next growth market for tobacco giants losing
business in developed countries. Figures reveal that 5,500
Indian children start smoking each day, joining the 4 million
under-15 children who already use tobacco regularly.
"Other than massive health complications, India incurs an annual
cost of Rs 277.6 billion because of tobacco-use," says Kishore
Chaudhary, deputy director general, Indian Council for Medical
Research.
"Every cigarette takes away 5 minutes of life, which is roughly
the time taken to smoke it"
- Samir Kaul, senior consultant, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
Drastic situations call for drastic measures. "The government is
doing as much as it can," says Delhi health minister A. K.
Walia,"We have banned smoking in public places and public
transport." But ground reality paints a different picture people
should realise that smoking is injurious to health," adds
Walia,"But, at the end of the day, it is a matter of choice. "
It's a choice between life and death. For. cigarettes are a
legally available consumer product which kill. The choice is
yours
Top 10 Preventable Causes of Death:
- Heart disease (primarily caused by smoking)
- Cancer (primarily caused by smoking)
- Stroke (primarily caused by smoking)
- Chronic obstructive lung diseases (primarily caused by
smoking)
- Sexually-transmitted diseases
- Accidents
- Diabetes
- Suicide
- Kidney diseases (possibly induced by smoking
- Liver diseases (possibly induced by smoking)
smoking is the single-largest preventable cause of death
worldwide (Based on WHO report For the western Pacific region).
