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Global Dialogue
Background on the Need for Global Dialogue
The Global Dialogue for Effective Stop Smoking Campaigns began in January 2005 to address an unmet need for updated and accessible international smoking cessation campaign lessons learned.
For more background information about the need for this type of initiative, please review the following materials from our Concept Paper.
- Negative Consequences of Tobacco Use and Need for Cessation Interventions
- Specific Role of Mass Media and Other Marketing Elements in Cessation
- Need for Updated Cessation Campaign Lessons Learned
Stop Smoking Tips DISEASES CAUSED BY SMOKING
As per the World Health Organization statistics, it has been established that 7 people die due to tobacco use. Tobacco consists more than 400 toxic substances and a further 4,000 chemical compounds.
The most hazardous substances are tar, a carcinogen substance and nicotine which is addictive and increases cholesterol and carbon monoxide levels in the body. Carbon monoxide decreases the amount of oxygen in the body and this gives rise to different health problems. Smoking decreases the levels of oxygen reaching tissues because it constricts and damages blood vessels, giving rise to different health problems.
Smokers are more likely to suffer from respiratory infections and other minor complaints such as colds and coughs. Smokers suffer from severe diseases such as heart diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, lung disease, respiratory problems and other problems related to pancreas, kidneys, and liver. Hereunder is a breakdown of smoking related diseases:
Smoking and Cancer
An estimated 146,000 Americans died of lung cancer in 1992, and 90 percent of these deaths were caused by cigarette smoking. Smoking is responsible for about 30 percent of all cancer deaths annually in the United States more than 155,000 each year. If smoking-related cancers could be eliminated from our society, we would see a significant decline in the annual cancer death rate instead of small but steady increases.
Since 1964, the year of the Surgeon General’s first report on the health risks of cigarette smoking, strong evidence of the association between smoking and cancer has accumulated. Countless studies have proved that smoking causes lung cancer, and we now know that it substantially increases a person’s risk of developing cancer of the larynx, pharynx, oral cavity, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas. Additional studies suggest a strong association between smoking and cancer of the cervix.
Stop Smoking Tips Smoking and Gum Disease
About 8.6 million people in the U.S. have at least one serious illness caused by smoking.
Smoking relates to all sorts of illnesses and smokers gum disease is just one of them. Lots and lots of opinions have come out regarding the connection of smoking and gum disease. The nicotine and smoke of tobacco can cause constriction of the blood vessels, thus, reducing the distribution of oxygen and nutrients to the gum tissue.
What Are the Risks of Smoking
There are many risks of smoking and the purpose of this page is to outline the specific risks that are associated with smoking.
Smoking kills over 400,000 people a year — more than one in six people in the United States — making it more lethal than AIDS, automobile accidents, homicides, suicides, drug overdoses, and fires combined. It is estimated that the U.S. spends an astounding $50 billion each year on smoking-related health costs. Smoking may be even more dangerous now than 30 years ago, most likely because the lower tar and nicotine levels in most cigarette brands cause people to inhale more deeply. In one study only 42% of male lifelong smokers reached the age of 73 compared to 78% of nonsmokers.
People who are exposed to second-hand or side-stream smoke are also at risk. Smoke that is exhaled not only contains the same dangerous contaminants as inhaled smoke, but the exhaled smoke particles are smaller, so that they can reach distant sites in the lungs of involuntary or passive smokers and do great harm.
The Health Risks of Smoking Cigarettes
The Health Risks Associated With Tobacco Use
By Terry Martin, About.com Guide to Smoking Cessation
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- Smoking-Related Disease
- Teen Smoking
- Our Stories
Cigarette Ingredients
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