Small présentation about smoking ,include some statistics...

1. Smoking
Miled OTHMEN
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2. 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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3. component of a cigarette
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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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.
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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. Thank you 
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