the following work may be used as a teaching unit in favour of a smokefree society ! Students might get more aware about the consequences of active and passive smoke .
3. Smoking
Active smoking is
the intentional
inhalation of
tobacco smoke
by a smoker.
Smokers puff
directly from the
cigarettes.
Passive smoking
is the involuntary
inhalation of
smoke from
tobacco
products. Such
smoke is called
secondhand
smoke (SHS) or
environmental
tobacco smoke
(ETS).
4. Active and passive smoking causes serious
and invalidating consequences for human
body and environment:
• About 650.000 people die each year
because of smoking;
• About 79.000 adults die every year because
of passive smoke.
5.
6. • Tobacco is the
largest cause of
avoidable death in
EU accounting for
over half a million
deaths each year
and over a million
deaths in Europe as
a whole. It causes:
• 25% of all cancer
deaths.
• 15% of all deaths in
EU.
7.
8. Even if tobacco sales
are banned to minors,
the largest part of
them takes up the
habit of smoking
under 16 years old.
Many of them, by
their 20s, wish they
had never started.
9. Someone who starts smoking aged 15
is three times more likely to die
of cancer due to smoking
than someone who starts
in their late 20s.
10. Most of the smoke
from a cigarette goes
into the air.
Children with parents
who smoke inhale the
same amount of
nicotine as if they
themselves smoked
60-150 cigarettes per
year…
13. 7000 people suffer
from passive
smoking in
workplaces and
enclosed places
such as restaurants,
bars, pubs and
casinos.
14.
15.
16. Just one cigarette can
cause nicotine
addiction.
In fact the nicotine from
one cigarette is enough
to saturate the nicotine
receptors in the human
brain.
Nicotine alters the
structure and function of
the brain just within a
day of the very first
dose.
17.
18. A cigarette
contains about
4000 toxic
chemicals but the
composition does
not appear on the
packets.
These are the
main toxic
chemicals
contained in a
cigarette and
their common use.
22. Smoking and 2° Hand Smoke kill more people each
year than Alcohol, Cocaine, Crack, Heroin, Homicide,
Suicide, Car Accidents, Fires and AIDS combined:
Smoking 400,000
Accidents 94,000
2nd
Hand Smoke
38,000
Alcohol 45,000
HIV/AIDS 32,600
Suicide 31,000
Homicide 21,000
Drugs 14,200
23. Damage can be
reduced with
nicotine
replacements such
as gums and
patches with small
percentages of
nicotine.
24. To fight nicotine addiction
people can turn to
medications that do not
contain nicotine, such as
Bupropion.
25. Everyone believes to know the dangerous
effects caused by smoking, but
unfortunately only who has really tried
them on his skin, really knows the
consequences of this even more
widespread habit.
Here is Bryan’s story…
26. Bryan started smoking
when he was just 13,
building up to more than
two packs a day. He
talked about quitting from
time to time, but never
seriously tried…
30. He figured that only older
people got cancer. Not
people in their 30s, not
people who worked in
construction, as a roofer,
as a mechanic.
31. He had no health
insurance. But he was
more worried about his
mother, 57, who had
smoked since she was
25.
32.
33. Bryan knew how hard it
is to quit. But when he
learned he would die
because of his habit, he
thought maybe he could
persuade at least a few
kids not to pick up that
first cigarette.
34. Maybe if they could see
his sunken cheeks, how
hard it was becoming to
breathe, his shriveled
body, it might scare them
enough.
38. Tobacco and Ethichs
The consumption of
tobacco causes a rise of
poverty in developing
countries.
In fact 75% of smokers in
the world live in
developing countries and
use the 4-5% of their
families’ incomes to buy
tobacco.
39. The 72% of all children,
in the 100 countries that
produce tobacco, works
in tobacco plantations
or for some
multinationals.
They are involved in 22
different work
activities…and can
contribute to a third of
the labour input….
But what’s the other side
of the coin?
40. Children exploitation !!!
• Why don’t we protect less
developed countries from tobacco
industry and apply European
standards to all activities of
Europe-based companies,
indifferent to the final destination
of goods?
42. If you go smokefree:
• You will reduce your risk of developing
illnesses;
• You will protect the health of those around
you;
• You will reduce the chances of your children
suffering from asthma;
• You will improve your fertility levels;
• You will improve your breathing;
• You will enjoy the taste of food more.
Health advantages
43. How will your lifestyle improve?
• You will save money;
• You will no longer smell of stale tobacco;
• The appearance of your skin and teeth
will improve;
• You will feel more confident in social
situations;
• Your home will smell fresh
44. 5 cigarettes A coffee
10 cigarettes An ice cream
1 packet A sandwich
3 packets A film at the cinema
5 packets A pizza at the restaurant
7 packets A cd
16 packets A t-shirt
22 packets (about a month) Trainers
36 packets Fill up
65 packets (about 3 months) A Hi-Fi
83 packets Bicycle
360 packets (about a year) Moped
45. The EU and a large part of Member
States have been implementing
new smoke-free legislation to
protect non-smokers.
The Commission has been
consulting on what to do for the
most comprehensive EU-level
action towards a smoke- free
Europe.
