3. Kick your habit … !
Each year May 31 is observed as World No
Tobacco Day (WNTD) with the aim to spread
awareness about the ills of tobacco
consumption, but do we actually understand
its importance? Many smokers pledge to
quit smoking on this day and forget it just
the next day?
4. What’s in a Cigarette ???
The main ingredient in cigarettes is tobacco.
There are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarettes.
51 of them are known to be carcinogenic. A
carcinogen is something that causes cancer.
5. Familiar Chemicals in Cigarette.
Chemical Found in
Carbon monoxide car exhaust
nicotine bug sprays
tar Material to make roads
arsenic Rat Poison
ammonia cleaning products
hydrogen cyanide gas chamber poison
cyanide deadly poison
acetone nail polish remover
butane cigarette lighter fluid
DDT insecticides
formaldehyde to preserve dead bodies
sulfuric acid car batteries
cadmium used to recharge batteries
6. Familiar Chemicals in Cigarette.
Chemical Found in
Freon damages earth's ozone layer
geranic acid a fragrance
methoprene a pesticide
maltitol a sweetener not permitted
to be used in foods in the
U.S.
7. Say no to smoke…!
22% of all
male deaths
and 11% of all
female deaths
are due to
smoking
8. More Facts about Tobacco…
When a person inhale smoke , tar is being created inside their
lung, Tar is a black slow moving material that creates in your lung
when you inhale cigarette smoke.
Gases found in cigarette can cause lung cancer and even tumors.
When tobacco is smoked a white sticky material builds up in to
your artery , which could to heart attacks , heart diseases and even
stroke.
9. Why it’s cool not to smoke???
It can cause lung cancer.
Smoking can cause bad breath
and yellow teeth and fingers.
Every year many thousands of
people die due to smoke.
Giving up smoke can reduced
the risk of developing many
smoking illness.
10. Tips on how to quit … ?
Get nicotine patches or gum to replace smoking
without feeling withdraw.
Remain active , Keep yourself busy
Switch to oral substitute i.e mints , hard candy ,
carrot , gum and sunflower seeds.
Brush your teeth several times a day because
toothpaste makes cigarettes taste bad.
Try drinking a glass of chilled water as it flushes
toxins from your body
Try to avoid the company of people who smoke
11. Tips Continued….
Get support from your family and friends. Tell
them about your quitting plans and seek their
encouragement to help you stop
One should always have a positive approach
towards quitting, think of all the after-effects
and advantages when you quit smoking. You will
smell better, will enjoy and taste your food more
and cough less.
12. It’s never too late to start…
“It is not because things are difficult that we do
not dare, it is because we do not dare that they
are difficult.”
