World No Tobacco Day - 2009

World No Tobacco Day - Tobacco Health Warnings

“Tobacco health warnings”—the theme for this year’s No Tobacco Day on March 31st, reinforces the need to step up graphic warnings on tobacco packages to discourage consumers from using tobacco in any form—smoking cigars, cigarettes, water pipes, hookah and beedis and the non smoking version such as chewing tobacco or sniffing powdered tobacco.

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Quiz on Smoking

Approximately half the smokers die due to smoking -related diseases. But it is not just the smokers who are at the receiving end. The passive smokers too, often pay a heavy price. If you still have not ‘kicked the butt’, learn more horrifying facts about smoking by participating in the following quiz.

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Smoking Risk Calculator

Cigarette smoking risk calculator is a powerful and interesting calculator that predicts the loss in one's lifespan due to smoking. The prediction is only an approximate assessment of smoking risks to health. Remember smoking is responsible trigger factor not only for lung cancer and bladder cancer but also heart disease.

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Health Animation - The Lungs

Various diseases can affect the proper functioning of lungs. Lung diseases fall into two categories: Obstructive Lung Disease and Restrictive Lung Disease. Smoking, even second-hand cigarette smoke, can cause some lung diseases.

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Health Hazards of Smoking Cigarettes

Smoking is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Smoking still remains one of the leading cause of preventable death. Smoking has the dubious distinction of affecting all the systems from head to foot. According to WHO statistics, it has been projected that 50% of people who smoke today (approximately 650 million people) would be killed by tobacco.

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Smoking and Cancer

The chances of smokers becoming afflicted with cancer is very high. Several studies have shown that the various carcinogens in the cigarette smoke cause cancer formation. Cancers are most likely to occur in organs like lungs, oral cavity, which comes into direct contact with smoke.

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Smoking and Tobacco

The word Tobacco is derived form the Native American word ‘tabago’, representing a Y-shaped pipe used to sniff tobacco power. Originally grown in South and Central America, the deadly plant is used in many forms such as bidis, cigarettes, cigars, pipes, kreteks, clove cigarettes, snuff and smokeless cigars.

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Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the lung. Majority of people who get lung cancer have been cigarette smokers, but not all people who smoke get lung cancer. And, some people who have never smoked get lung cancer.Because of the large size of the lungs, cancer may grow for many years, undetected, without causing suspicion.

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Oral Cancer

Cancerous growth occurring within the structures of the oral cavity is known as Oral Cancer The oral cavity includes the mouth and all the structures within it, such as the tongue, teeth, gums, lower jaw etc. It occurs as a series changes within the tissue, which eventually promotes the development of cancer. The factors involved are: Tobacco, Alcohol, Syphilis etc.

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