31st, May 2011

A Presentation on anti smoking and steps to overcome smoking by SVCT

What is TOBACCO ?

Tobacco is "Dried Leaves of Tobacco Plants"

• Paan Masala, Gutkha and Khaini

• Cigarette • Bidi

Tobacco in India • India is the third largest producer and consumer

of tobacco in the world.• 43% of rural and 28% of urban Indian males

aged 10 years and above consume tobacco and tobacco-containing products.

• 11% of rural and 5% of urban Indian females aged 10 years and above used tobacco and tobacco-containing products.

• According to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) there are 200 million active tobacco users in India.

• Tobacco kills 800,000 people and 12 million become ill every year in India due to its consumption.

• The proportion of all deaths in India attributable to tobacco is set to rise substantially, from 1.4% in 1990 to 13.3% by 2020, according to a WHO study.

• Out of 100 teenage smokers in India today, 50 out of them will eventually die of tobacco- related disease.

• A third of all smoking-related deaths are a result of vascular/heart disease

• Tobacco-related cancers (TRC) constitute about half of the total cancers among men and about one-fifth of total cancers among women.

• Smoking causes a quarter of deaths, from any cause, in middle-age

Anti Smoking Drive By SVCT

Drive by SVCT

What is Tobacco Control?

• Projects, campaigns and initiatives to create

an environment (by awareness raising and

new laws) that encourage people to

stop smoking and protects others from

tobacco harm.

We need to convey clear messages that:• Smoking is a drug addiction every

bit as addictive as heroin or cocaine

• Smoking is not just down to personal choice but is the result of social and economic forces, marketing strategies and PR policies of the tobacco industry and allied group

Here are some slogans you can use!!

• All your dreams up in smoke!!!• Tobacco Free Zone!• Don’t give up giving up!• Say NO to smokes!!!• Kick your Habit!!• Put it out. Right out!!

Smoke free SVCT Projects and Campaigns

• Projects to protect babies, children and vulnerable adults from secondhand tobacco smoke

• Tackling illicit tobacco• Reporting any local breaches in

the smoke free law in public places and workplaces

• Planning and leading projects with young people advocating against tobacco

Stop Smoking Campaigns• Need to create an environment

where smokers want to stop smoking

• No Smoking Day campaign (from mid-February to mid-March)

• Every opportunity is taken to promote the Stop Smoking Service in press releases and tobacco control publicity materials and events

Tobacco Consumption Pattern

3. Remaining 40 per cent chew tobacco and tobacco – containing products such as Paan Masala, Gutkha and Khaini.

1. 20 per cent tobacco-users consume cigarettes.

2. 40 per cent smoke bidis.

Vulnerability of the Children

• AIIMS studied the smoking behavior of more than 4500 children, ages 11 to 14 years, in Delhi's 30 schools; nearly 8.5% children experimented with smoking. The study noted that the mean age for intervention is 12 years.

Hazards of Tobacco

1. Chronic bronchitis

2. Emphysema

3. Cardiovascular disease

4. Lung and other cancers

5. Tuberculosis

6. Increases the risk of heart stroke

8. Babies born with lower birth weight from habitual smoker parent (s).

7. Increasing vulnerability of sexual and reproductive health

10. Blood pressure, exacerbates asthma and causes impotence, infertility

9. Kidney and liver diseases.

CANCER1. Cancer of lung, esophagus, tongue, oral cavity,

larynx, pharynx and urinary bladder.

2. The rising oral cancer rates in India are among the highest in the world, and 90% of these can be attributed to tobacco use.

3. National cancer burden has been estimated at between 700,000 to 900,000 new cases every year.

4. Proportion of Tobacco-related cancers (TRCs) varies from 35 to 50 per cent of all cancers in males; and up to 17 per cent of all cancers among females.5. Oral cavity and esophagus cancers together account for 80 per cent of all TRCs.

TUBERCULOSIS • Comparative risk of deaths

from TB, for smokers and non-smokers, at 12% and 3% respectively in rural India; 8% and 2% respectively in urban India

• Indian smokers are four times more likely to contract TB than non-smokers and four times more likely to die from the disease

• Smoking causes half the male TB deaths in India

Steps to quit-tobacco 1. Deep Breathing

2. Drink lots of water and fluids

3. Stay away from alcohol, sugar and coffee and avoid fatty foods

4. After dinner, instead of a cigarette, treat yourself to a cup of mint tea or a peppermint candy

5. Go to a gym and jog around the block or park for to change your normal routine.

6. Ask friends and family members not to smoke in your presence.

7. On your quit day, hide all ashtrays and destroy all your cigarettes.

8. Write down ten good and bad things about being a nonsmoker and smoker.

How can you help in SVCT Mission• You can engage and have an impact on colleagues or the public in a few minutes

through:

– Writing/ forwarding articles– Intranet pages– Emails to all staff calling for specific action– Advertisements and letters in newsletters– Posters or displays on notice boards– Staff meetings– Flyers and postcards– Letters to staff

• Think of things you can ask colleagues to do which will not take too much time such as sign a petition or forward an email

Thank you