“Smoking can’t kill me.” Fact? or Fiction?. The Risk of ONE Cigarette The Tobacco Atlas, WHO.
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““Smoking can’t Smoking can’t kill me.”kill me.”
Fact? or Fiction?Fact? or Fiction?
The Risk of ONE Cigarette
The Tobacco Atlas, WHO
ADDICTION
Nicotine: 10-19 seconds to reach brain
Myth:Myth: Men and women are equally susceptible to the effects of lung carcinogens found in tobacco smoke.
FactFact:: Research suggests that women may have a greater susceptibility to these carcinogens than men.
FactFact:: Lung cancer has usually spread by the time of diagnosis.
MythMyth:: Lung cancer is a localized disease and only the lung tumour has to be treated.
COPD: Hundreds of thousands of people die annually in Asia from smoking-related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
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Smoking & Cardiovascular Disease
• Smoking affects the arteries throughout the body, leading to :
• Coronary heart disease
• Stroke
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Effects of other arteries, eg, penis
A smoker’s risk of heart attack is more
than twice that of nonsmokers.
Cigarette smoking is the biggest risk factor
for sudden cardiac death.
American Heart Association, 1997
CVDSmokers who have heart attacks are more likely to die and die suddenly (within an hour) than nonsmokers. American Heart Association, 1997
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CVD
Smokers who have heart attacks are more likely to die and die suddenly (within an hour) than nonsmokers.
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Smoking and Strokes
• Cigarette smoking doubles the risk of a stroke.
• Smoking damages the cardiovascular system.
• Cigarette smoke makes clotting more likely.
• Smoking cessation today would significantly cut risk of stroke within two years.
Source: Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General—2001
Smoking & Reproduction
• Women smokers have greater risks of:
– Primary and secondary infertility– Miscarriage and premature delivery– Stillbirth, neonatal deaths, and sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS)– Danger to the mother, eg, bleeding– Menstrual problems– Premature menopause + osteoporosis
Source: Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General—2001
Smoking leads to
Gangrene
&
Limb amputation
The Lie: The Truth:
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