Are You Responsible for this Threat??
All of us know that Tobacco is injurious to health; I remember it used to be printed on camel rulers also during my school days.
Decades later today also tobacco consumption is still seen all around us!
It’s a sad state for us and our planet, our mother earth for the damage we are causing to it!
This Year WHO theme for World No Tobacco Day is “Tobacco : Threat to our Environment”!
Tobacco and tobacco-related products have a long history that stretches back to 6,000 BC.
But sadly the harm caused by tobacco is devastating.
It is single largest cause of preventable morbidity and mortality worldwide.
It kills more than 1 million people each year in India.
Tobacco Products :
1. Cigarettes 2. Bidis 3. Hookah 4. Cheroot 5. E- Cigarette 6. Khaini 7. Zarda 8. Leaf or powdered tobacco 9. Gutkha 10. Masheri or Mishri 11. Paste 12 Cigar, Pipes etc.
Tobacco literally affects each and every organ in our body in some or the other ways.
Be it smoking or smokeless tobacco, the health hazards are numerous.
Health Effects of Tobacco:
It can cause:
1. Heart Disease
2. Stroke
3. Lung Cancer
4. Lung Diseases like COPD, Emphysema, Chronic Bronchitis
5. Can precipitate Asthma Attack
6. Cancer of
• Bladder
• Blood (acute myeloid leukemia)
• Cervix
• Colon and rectum (colorectal)
• Esophagus
• Kidney and ureter
• Larynx
• Liver
• Oropharynx (includes parts of the throat, tongue, soft palate, and the tonsils)
• Pancreas
• Stomach
• Trachea, bronchus, and lung
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7. Increase the chances of death from cancer or other diseases
8. In Pregnant Women increases risks for:1,2,5
o Preterm (early) delivery
o Stillbirth (death of the baby before birth)
o Low birth weight
o Sudden infant death syndrome (known as SIDS or crib death)
o Ectopic pregnancy
o Orofacial clefts in infants
9. Increases difficulty in conceiving
10. In Males it causes Impotency, affects sperms which can cause birth defects
11. It can cause Infertility, increased risk for miscarriages
12. It affects the health of your teeth and gums and can cause tooth loss.1
13. It causes increased risk of cataracts
14. Inflammation and reduced immune Function
15. Diabetes Mellitus
16. Rheumatoid Arthritis
And Many More..
Even Second Hand smoke causes similar effects on the person who inhales it. Third hand smoke can affect individual too.
It affects the relationship with your loved ones and adds on to Monetary Expenses on Tobacco products and Health !
Tobacco and It’s Effects on Environment :
Cigarette Butts Cause 1.69 Billion Pounds of Toxic Litter Every Year.
They Cause Water Contamination, Harm the Water flora and fauna, Kill the fishes, In turn Affect the human health.
It causes Air Pollution.
Tobacco causes Soil Depletion. Soil gets depleted of all the nutrients and that too at a much faster rate and needs a lot of fertilizers for growth and thus damages the soil quality in return.
The land used for tobacco cultivation cannot be used to cultivate any other crop in rotation.
It causes Fossil Depletion.
It Causes Deforestation almost 600 Million trees are chopped down every year for tobacco cultivation.
Tobacco growing farmers clear the land by burning which causes greenhouse gases release.
It is really saddening to know so much damage caused to our body and environment!
What can you achieve on quitting Tobacco??
The most Impostant is Health benefits, then Relationship improvements, health of our family members and saving a lot of money!!
Also we can save our environment from being damaged.
With so many benefits in all aspects let us all take a pledge today to make a difference today by Quitting Tobacco!!
Let us all say
I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!
I advise and request each one of you to make our planet Tobacco Free!!!
Dr. Tanvee Somaiya
DentAbode
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