Teen Smoking

What's the big deal about smoking? Lots of my friends do it.

Did you know that about 80% of teens in the United States don’t
smoke? They’ve made a healthy choice.
Think about this.
• One third of all new smokers will eventually die younger than
normal of smoking-related diseases.
• And nearly 90% of all smokers started when they were teens.

EFFECTS:
This is what smoking does to your body
• Carbon monoxide in tobacco smoke takes oxygen from your
body while many cancer-causing chemicals go in.
• Your teeth and nails turn yellow and disgusting and your breath
stinks.
• You cannot taste or smell things very well.
• Nicotine, the main drug in tobacco, causes your heart to beat
faster and work less effectively. Nicotine is highly addictive.
Athletes who smoke can never reach the peak of their natural
ability or do as well as nonsmoking athletes because their bodies
get less oxygen. This is why coaches tell athletes never to smoke.
Some factors associated with youth tobacco use include the
following
• Low socioeconomic status
• Use and approval of tobacco use by peers or siblings
 • Exposure to smoking in movies
• Lack of skills to resist influences to tobacco use
• Smoking by parents or guardians and/or lack of parental
support or involvement
• Accessibility, availability, and price of tobacco products
• A perception that tobacco use is the norm
• Low levels of academic achievement
• Low self-image or self-esteem
• Exposure to tobacco advertising
• Aggressive behavior (e.g., fighting, carrying weapons)

Tobacco can kill:

Each time you take a puff on a cigarette, you inhale 400 toxic
chemicals like
• Nicotine (A drop of pure nicotine can kill.)
• Cyanide (a deadly poison)
• Benzene (used in making paints, dyes, and plastics)
• Formaldehyde (used to preserve dead bodies)
• Acetylene (fuel used in torches)
• Ammonia (used in fertilizers)
• Carbon monoxide (a poisonous gas)
Smoking causes diseases:
It’s a proven fact that the earlier people start smoking, the greater
their risk of
• Cancer—many different types
• Heart attacks or strokes
• Chronic bronchitis—a serious disease of the lung airways
• Emphysema—a crippling lung disease

SECOND HAND SMOKING:

Secondhand smoke can kill others
Even if you don’t smoke, breathing in someone else’s smoke can
be deadly too. Secondhand smoke causes about 3,000 deaths
from lung cancer and tens of thousands of deaths from heart
disease to nonsmoking adults in the United States each year.
Secondhand smoke (also known as environmental tobacco
smoke) is the smoke a smoker breathes out and that comes from
the tip of burning cigarettes, pipes, and cigars.
Smoking is ugly
• Some teens have said that kissing someone who smokes is like
kissing an ashtray.
• Smoking often makes other people not want to be around you.
• Smoking stinks. If you smoke you may not smell smoke on you,
but other people do. Your car will stink too.
• Most teens would rather date someone who doesn’t smoke.
Smoking costs a lot of money
Do the math
One pack of cigarettes per day $5
Multiplied by the days in a year x 365
Yearly cost for cigarettes $1,825
 That’s almost $2,000 a year that you could be saving or spending
on other things like clothes, a car, or something fun!
Nicotine makes tobacco use addictive
Nicotine in tobacco causes people to become addicted much
sooner than they expect after they start using. This happens to
teens too. You’re addicted if
• You crave your cigarettes or other tobacco.
• You feel nervous without your cigarettes.
• You try to quit using and have trouble doing it.

Teen Smoking in Pakistan

• Smoking becoming popular among school children,
statistics show approximately 1,000 to 1,200 teenage
students take up smoking daily

• According to WHO smoking in Pakistan has increased by 30

percent over the last decades
•
• Social media could help promote healthy attitudes among
people

EFFECT OF MEDIA: ON YOUNGER GENERATION:

The Pakistan Pediatrics Association has estimated that 1,000 to 1,200

school-going children in the age group of 6 to 16 years take up
smoking every day in the country. According to a report, besides new
smokers ex-smokers in the low socio-economic group reported
spending 25 per cent of the total household income on smoking. The
report focuses on the anti-smoking social marketing strategy in
Pakistan with an aim to reduce smoking prevalence, especially among
the youth. To reduce smoking and its associated cancers immediate
actions are required by public health authorities. According to the
World Health Organisation (WHO) in Pakistan smoking has increased
by 30 per cent compared to figures in 1998. WHO reported that a
comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and
sponsorship can decrease the consumption of tobacco products by 7
seven per cent, provided all the other tobacco control measures are
kept constant where as in some cases such intervention are found to
decrease tobacco use up to 16 per cent. In Pakistan, 19 per cent of
adults aged 18 and above smoke tobacco while each year,
approximately 60,000 people die of tobacco-related diseases in the
country. Among youth of age group13 to 15 years, around 34 per cent
report being exposed to second-hand smoke in public places and 27
per cent report exposure at home. TheNetwork for Consumer
Protection Project Coordinator Dr Sobia Faisal said that smoking was
the single most avoidable risk factor for cancers. She said that social
marketing was an effective strategy to promote healthy attitudes and
influence people to make real, sustained health behavior change by
transiting through different stages which include contemplation,
preparation, action, and maintenance. She also said that social
marketing could influence smokers to voluntarily accept, reject,
modify, or abandon their smoking behaviour. Dr Soba observed that
smoking is increasing in Pakistan which necessitates effective
measures and it was a high time to educate the masses about the
hazards of tobacco, particularly school-going children to strive against
promotional tactics adopted by the tobacco industry. She remarked
that raising tobacco taxes was one of the most effective tobacco
prevention and control strategies. "Raising tobacco product prices
decreases the prevalence of tobacco use, particularly among kids and
young adults which could help produce substantial long-term
improvements in health," she added. TheNetwork for Consumer
Protection Advocacy Officer Rubina Bhatti urged for taking necessary
action at all levels by concerned stakeholders as several people were
dying due to the dangerous habit, while a big statistical graph of
deaths was expected in future also. She stressed the need for
effective implementation of tobacco control laws in the country and
asked the authorities concerned to make proper strategies in
preventing sale of tobacco to minors. "It is high time to ensure
implementation of tobacco control policies and laws," she opined.
When contacted, an official from tobacco control cell said that
Pakistan had ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control while the country had also implemented pictorial warnings on
cigarette packs. He said that plans are underway to create awareness
among citizens regarding negative effects of smoking and educating
them about tobacco control laws for proper implementation.
Years after the widespread decline of cigarette smoking, cigarette
usage has recently escalated. Though everybody still knows
about smoking's health risks, the habit seems to be on the rise
due to a resurgence in the old belief that smoking is, simply, cool.
Many studies, including one by the American Journal of
Preventive Medicine in 2011, have suggested this swell in
popularity indicates a large demographic of teenage smokers.
Once again, smoking has become a prominent social outlet —
specifically among teens and college students. But it's only
because our generation thinks of it as a choice — not an
addiction.
For kids and young adults, smoking has increased in popularity over
the last several years. A Survey conducted this past March by
the Cancer Research Centre in the UK indicates that 207,000 children
in the UK, ranging from 11 to 15 years old, start smoking each year.
A study conducted by JAMA Pediatrics in 2011 examined the
prominence of smoking on popular television shows in 2007. The
study found that 40% of shows contained at least one scene with
tobacco, and of those scenes, 89% involved cigarettes.
An article released by the National Bureau of Economic Research
suggests that the increase in teen smoking will eventually lead to a
rise in adult smoking. However, the NBER found that, when asked
about their future cigarette usage, 56% of high school seniors believe
they will have quit within five years. This suggests that kids believe
smoking to be cool and hip now, but feel addictions are
unsophisticated and unappealing.
11 Facts about smoking
• 90 percent of smokers began before the age 21.

• Every day, almost 3,900 adolescents under 18 years of age try

their first cigarette. More than 950 of them will become daily
smokers.

• About 30 percent of teen smokers will continue smoking and die

early from a smoking-related disease.
• Teen smokers are more likely to have panic attacks, anxiety
disorders and depression.

• 1 of 5 teenagers who are addicted to cigarettes smokes 13-15 a

day.

• Approximately 1.5 million packs of cigarettes are purchased for

minors annually.

• Smoking can age skin faster, second only to the effect sun
exposure has on giving premature wrinkles.

• On average, smokers die 13 to 14 years earlier than nonsmokers.

• According to the Surgeon General, teenagers who smoke are

three times more likely to use alcohol, eight times more likely to
smoke marijuana, and 22 times more likely to use cocaine.

• The lungs of teens who smoke will not develop fully, which puts
them at higher risk for lung disease.

• In the United States, about 20 percent of teens consider

themselves to be regular smokers.
 Reducing Youth Tobacco Use
National, state, and local program activities that have
reduced and prevented youth tobacco use in the past have
included combinations of the following
• Counter advertising mass-media campaigns (i.e., TV and
radio commercials, posters, and other media messages
targeted toward youth to counter pro-tobacco marketing)
• Comprehensive school-based tobacco-use prevention
policies and programs (e.g., tobacco-free campuses)
• Community interventions that reduce tobacco advertising,
promotions, and commercial availability of tobacco products
• Higher costs for tobacco products through increased excise
taxes
Prevention:
No. 1: Understand the attraction

Teen smoking can be a form of rebellion or a way to fit in with a

particular group of friends. Some teens light up in an attempt to
lose weight or to feel better about themselves. Others smoke to
feel cool or independent. Ask your teen how he or she feels about
smoking and if any of your teen's friends smoke. Applaud your
teen's good choices, and talk about the consequences of bad
choices. You might also talk with your teen about how tobacco
companies try to influence ideas about smoking — such as
showing smoking in movies to create the perception that it's
glamorous.

No. 2: Say no to teen smoking

You might feel as if your teen doesn't hear a word you say, but
say it anyway. Tell your teen that smoking isn't allowed. Your
disapproval might have more impact than you think. Teens whose
parents set the firmest smoking restrictions tend to smoke less
than do teens whose parents don't set smoking limits. The same
goes for teens who feel close to their parents.

No. 3: Set a good example

Teen smoking is more common among teens whose parents

smoke. If you don't smoke, keep it up. If you do smoke, quit —
now. The earlier you stop smoking, the less likely your teen is to
become a smoker. Ask your doctor about ways to stop smoking.
In the meantime, don't smoke in the house, in the car or in front of
your teen, and don't leave cigarettes where your teen might find
them. Explain how unhappy you are with your smoking, how
difficult it is to quit and that you'll keep trying until you stop
smoking for good.

No. 4: Appeal to your teen's vanity

Smoking isn't glamorous. Remind your teen that smoking is dirty

and smelly. Smoking gives you bad breath and wrinkles. Smoking
makes your clothes and hair smell, and it turns your teeth yellow.
Smoking can leave you with a chronic cough and less energy for
sports and other enjoyable activities.

No. 5: Do the math

Smoking is expensive. Help your teen calculate the weekly,
monthly or yearly cost of smoking a pack a day. You might
compare the cost of smoking with that of electronic gadgets,
clothes or other teen essentials.

No. 6: Expect peer pressure

Friends who smoke can be convincing, but you can give your teen
the tools he or she needs to refuse cigarettes. Rehearse how to
handle tough social situations. It might be as simple as saying,
"No thanks, I don't smoke." The more your teen practices this
basic refusal, the more likely he or she will say no at the moment
of truth.

No. 7: Take addiction seriously

Most teens believe they can stop smoking anytime they want.
Teens, however, become just as addicted to tobacco as do adults
— often quickly and at relatively low doses of nicotine. Once
you're hooked, it's tough to quit.

No. 8: Predict the future

Teens tend to assume that bad things only happen to other

people. Explain the potential long-term consequences of smoking
— such as cancer, heart attack and stroke. Use loved ones,
friends, neighbors or celebrities who've been ill as real-life
examples.
No. 9: Think beyond cigarettes

Smokeless tobacco, clove cigarettes (kreteks) and candy-flavored

cigarettes (bidis) are sometimes mistaken as less harmful or
addictive than are traditional cigarettes. Hookah smoking —
smoking tobacco through a water pipe — is another alternative
sometimes touted as safe. Don't let your teen be fooled. Like
traditional cigarettes, these products are addictive and can cause
cancer and other health problems. Many deliver higher
concentrations of nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar than do
traditional cigarettes.

No. 10: Get involved

Take an active stance against teen smoking. Participate in local

and school-sponsored anti-smoking campaigns. Support efforts to
make public places smoke-free and increase taxes on tobacco
products, which can help reduce the odds that your teen will
become a smoker.

If your teen has already started smoking, avoid threats and

ultimatums. Instead, find out why your teen is smoking — and
discuss ways to help your teen quit. Avoiding or stopping smoking
is one of the best things your teen can do for a lifetime of good
health.
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1. Lungs on fire Anti - Smoking Campaign 2. Some facts More than 400,000 deaths in U.S. each
year are from smoking-related illnesses. Tobacco use primarily begins in early adolescence,
typically by age 16. Of every 100,000 15 year old smokers, tobacco will prematurely kill at least
20,000 before the age of 70. More than 90 percent of adult smokers started when they were
teens. 3. Components of cigarette A cigarette contains about 4,000 chemicals, many of which are
poisonous. Some of the worst ones are: Nicotine : a deadly poison Arsenic : used in rat poison
Methane : a component of rocket fuel Ammonia : found in floor cleaner Cadmium : used in
batteries Carbon Monoxide : part of car exhaust Formaldehyde : used to preserve body tissue
Butane : lighter fluid Hydrogen Cyanide : the poison used in gas chambers 4. Lung cancer
(About 30,000 people in the UK die from lung cancer each year. More than 8in 10 cases are
directly related to smoking). Mouth, throat and nose cancer Cancer of the larynx Oesophageal
cancer Arteriosclerosis Emphysema Stomach and bladder cancer Harmful effects of Smoking 5.
What smoking can do to you 6. Bad skin (skin tumor). Bad breath Bad smelling clothes and hair
Reduced athletics performances Increased risk of illness Greater risk of injuries and slow
healing. Why teenagers shouldn’t smoke 7. Why teenagers start smoking Due to peer pressure
They are curious about cigarette They want attention They want to look somebody special and
dangerous. They are stressed and nervous 8. Steps to quit smoking Step 1 -Prepare to quit Step 2
-Find medication to help you quit smoking . Step 3 -Survive first week 9. Remedies 10. Once
you start, it’s hard to stop