1. Hazards of Smoking Presented By Shopnil Mahmud

3. The First Cigerrate ... Why? There’s no physical reason Risk taking and rebellion Bad company & peer pressure Cultural in fluences Persistent behaviour by the smoker: pleasure from smoking tension & stress reduction/relaxation stimulation, habit/automatism, and handling social smoking

4. But the main reason is that .... They are addicted in smoking ... It’s strongly discouraged in Islam since addiction, deterioration of health and wealth and the smell in mouth is not preferable for Muslim.

5. Health Hazards ... Stained teeth, fingers, and hair Increased frequency of colds, particularly chest colds and bronchitis Asthma,Neuralgia,Headaches,Insomnia,Arthritis Nervousness,Tension,High BP,Heart disease Cancer of the lip, tongue, pharynx, larynx, and bladder and lung cancer Mental depression Inflammation of the sinus passages Decreased sexual activity etc

6. Besides ... Smoking is causing air pollution It is also causing serious damage to the people around It’s a huge waste of your money through which you’re buying poison

7. Interesting Facts ... 4 million new born babies per year could be saved if women were not smoking Every eight seconds, a human life is lost to tobacco use somewhere in the world. That translates to approximately 5 million deaths annually. Kids are still picking up smoking at the alarming rate of 3,000 a day in the U.S., and 80,000 to 100,000 a day worldwide

8. More Facts ... Did you know, upwards of 10 million cigarettes are purchased a minute, 15 billion are sold each day, and 5 trillion are produced and used on an annual basis? Did you know that the filters alone from 5 trillion cigarettes weighs 2 billion pounds?

9. It’s Never Too Late ... There are ways to quit smoking Cant we start striving against this evil addiction from now on? Tobacco offers us a life of slavery, a host of chronic, debilitating illnesses and ultimately death. And think about it: We pay big bucks for those “benefits.” Sad, but true Let’s live a healthy and Happy life

10. Thank You All ... 11/20/2009