TOBACCO CONSUMPTION

[Audio] THIS VIDEO HEALTH CAMPAIGN IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT TOBACCO CONSUMPTION, risk factors, prevalence and interventions.

[Audio] ALL FORMS OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS ARE HARMFUL AND ADDICTIVE. Cigarette smoking is the most common form of tobacco use worldwide. Other tobacco products include waterpipe tobacco, various smokeless tobacco products, cigars, cigarillos. The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year, including around 1.2 million deaths from exposure to second-hand smoke. Tobacco kills upto half of its user.

[Audio] NICOTINE IS A CHEMICAL PRESENT IN TOBACCO, IT IS VERY ADDICTIVE AND THIS MAKES IT HARD FOR SMOKERS TO QUIT. NICOTINE SENDS PLEASING EFFECTS TO THE BRAIN. THESE EFFECTS ARE TEMPOARY AND MAKE YOU WANT MORE CIGARETTES. WHEN INHALED, NICOTINE CAUSES THE BRAIN TO RELEASE NEUROTRANSMITTERS LIKE DOPAMINE, WHICH CAUSES IMPROVED MOOD. NICOTINE IS VERY HARMFUL TO THE LUNG, HEART, REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM..

[Audio] Smoking is more common in the poor, homeless, racially minorities, LGBT people, and people with mental illnesses. A lot of factors influence people to smoke. These factors include low income, financial pressure, unemployment, stress, poor housing, anxiety and depression, parental and peer, nicotine exposure during childhood. PEOPLE with lower levels of education and income are significantly more likely to smoke than more affluent or educated PEOPLE.

[Audio] There are factors that influence who would use tobacco. Factors such as Age: The younger you are when you begin smoking, the higher chances of becoming an addict. Parents and peers can also influence an individuals decision to smoke, growing up with parents and peers that smoke increases the chances of smoking. People who abuse alcohol and drugs have a high tendency of becoming smokers..

[Audio] Tobacco smoking is very harmful to the body, people who smoke are much more likely to develop and die of certain diseases than people who don't smoke. It has been established that tobacco can lead to 12 different types of cancer..

[Audio] TOBACCO CONSUMPTION CAN CAUSE LUNG CANCER, COLON CANCER. Smoking increases the risk of many types of cancer, including cancer of the mouth, throat (pharynx), esophagus, larynx, bladder, pancreas, kidney, cervix and MYLEOID leukemia. Overall, smoking causes 30% of all cancer deaths..

[Audio] Tobacco consumption can lead to Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This is a is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lung that causes limited airflow from the lungs . The symptoms of this include cough, breathing difficulty, wheezing and mucus production..

[Audio] Smoking increases risk of dying of heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) disease, including heart attacks and strokes. Smoking can increase your risk of serious eye problems such as cataracts. If you have diabetes, smoking can speed the progress of complications, such as kidney disease and eye problems. Smoking increases the chance of developing tooth and gum disease by destroying the periodontitis..

[Audio] THE LUNG OF A SMOKER IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF A NON SMOKER. A SMOKERS LUNG IS LARGER THAN NORMAL, THIS IS DUE TO INFLAMMATION, IT HAS DEPOSITS OF TAR AND MUCUS..

[Audio] SMOKING CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF HAVING A HEART ATTACK IT INCREASES BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE SMOKING CAN INCREASE THE CHANCES OF DEVELOPING STROKE BY 50[break]% SMOKING CAN LEAD TO FERTILITY ISSUES IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN.

[Audio] According to Our World in Data, smoking is the third highest cause of death in the world . As at 2019, 199.79 million people died from smoking..

[Audio] CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES ARE THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TOBACCO CONSUMPTION IS LINKED TO BOTH.

[Audio] In Derbyshire, 88,750 adults smoke. 15% of young people have tried smoking and 3% of them are now daily smokers. 16 in every 100 deaths are related to smoking. In 2018, approximately 2200 deaths in Derbyshire were caused by smoking..

[Audio] 87% OF PEOPLE THAT SMOKE DAILY TRIED THEIR FIRST CIGARETTE BY AGE 18 AND 95% BY AGE 21.

[Audio] There are about 6.9 million adult smokers in the UK. It is estimated that the global yearly death toll as a result of tobacco use is currently 7 million (including exposure to second hand smoke) (WHO, 2015).

[Audio] In 2020, 22.3% of the global population used tobacco, 36.7% of all men and 7.8% of the world's women. IN THE UK THE SMOKING PREVALENCE FOR MEN WERE HIGHER COMPARED TO WOMEN In 2020, 22.3% of the global population used tobacco, 36.7% of all men and 7.8% of the world's women. In 2020, 22.3% of the global population used tobacco, 36.7% of all men and 7.8% of the world's women..

[Audio] NHS SPENT 2.5 BILLION POUNDS ON SMOKERS. Diagram.

[Audio] According to the office of national statistics, approximately 19.3 billion pounds were spent on tobacco products by UK households. The cost of smoking to the National Health Service in England is estimated to be £2.5 billion a year..

[Audio] Smoking also poses health risks to those around you. Nonsmoking spouses and partners of smokers have a higher risk of lung cancer and heart disease compared with people who don't live with a smoker. Children whose parents smoke are more prone to worsening asthma, ear infections and colds.

[Audio] ThE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HAS ESTABLISHED AN INTERVENTION TO CONTROL TOBACCO CONSUMPTION KNOWN AS MPOWER which involves Monitor tobacco use and prevention policies Protect people from tobacco use Offer help to quit tobacco use Warn about the dangers of tobacco Enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship Raise taxes on tobacco..

[Audio] STOPTOBER campaign was introduced in 2021 by the government , every October 1st is set aside to encourage people to quit smoking. This campaign lasts for 28 days and is a medium to educate people on the consequences of smoking.

[Audio] A Comprehensive ban has also been placed on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship in order to reduce tobacco consumption. A comprehensive ban covers both direct and indirect varieties of promotion: advertising on television, radio or social media, free distribution, price discounts etc..