The document discusses the effects of smoking in the Philippines. It provides statistics from the 2009 Philippine Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) that estimate 17.3 million Filipinos aged 15 and older smoke, with 13.8 million smoking daily. It notes cigarettes contain over 70 carcinogens and the average smoker spends P326 monthly and smokes 10.6 cigarettes per day. It outlines various health risks of smoking like cancer, heart disease, and effects on reproductive health. The document also examines reasons people smoke like stress relief, peer pressure, and advertising influences.
6. 10.6
Average number
of cigarettes
smoked per day
by daily cigarette
smokers in the
Philippines
(GATS, 2009)
7. 36.9%
Percentage of
Filipino adult
workers who said
they were
exposed to
tobacco smoke in
enclosed areas in
their work places
8. 0.25
Estimated
proportion of all
types of cancer
which can be
attributed to
smoking, according
to the World Health
Organization
9. 55.3%
Percentage of
Filipino adult
workers who said
they were
exposed to
tobacco smoke in
public
transportation
10. P177B
Estimated annual
cost of the four
leading smoking-related
diseases —
cancer, heart
attack, stroke and
chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease.
11. 2 of 5
Estimated
proportion of
Filipino students
who live in
homes where
other people
smoke
12. 71%
Percentage of
lung cancer
deaths in the
world that can
be attributed
to tobacco
13. 2M
Estimated reduction in
number of smokers in
the Philippines by
2016 if tobacco taxes
were increased by 10
percent, according to
the Department of
Health
26. OTHER HEALTH RISKS:
Preterm (early) delivery
Stillbirth (death of the baby
before birth)
Low birth weight
27. OTHER HEALTH RISKS:
Sudden infant death
syndrome (known as SIDS or
crib death)
Ectopic pregnancy
Orofacial clefts in infants
28. Smoking can also affect men's
sperm, which can reduce
fertility and also increase risks
for birth defects and
miscarriage (loss of the
pregnancy).
Weaken immune system
29. “Kay bisan kinsa nga nahiusa kang Cristo, bag-o
na siyang binuhat. Ang daan miagi na ug ang bag-o
miabot na.”
2 Corinto 5:17