TOBACCO ADDICTION
What is Tobacco Addiction
Nicotine dependence is a chronic, relapsing disease defined as a compulsive craving to use the drug, despite harmful social consequences
Smoking cigarette, hookah and pipe or inhaling smoke cause addiction after a while. Tobacco product consists more than 4000 chemical substances in it and the basic component of these substances which causes addiction is nicotine. The nicotine includes even more poison when smokeless tobacco is inhaled or chewed.
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Tobacco Health Risks
Cardiovascular diseases
Lung diseases
Stomach cancer, Gastritis
Palsy
QUITING IS POSSIBLE
Steps to Take
DATE
Set a date for quiting
MOVE
Move away all stuff related to smoking such as cigarettes and lighters
SHARE NEWS
Share your plans about quitting to the people in your immediate circle
THINK
Think about the benefit of quitting.
PLAN
Make plan for possible hardships in the future.
FIND
Find new activities to do.
FACTS ABOUT
TobaccoAddiction
1
Death Toll
Tobacco kills six million people every year which means every ten seconds one person dies because of tobacco.
2
Effect
A person who smokes about half a pack of cigarettes a day sends 300 nicotine currents to his brain every day.
3
Prevention
All this can be prevented by seeking professional help, from our counselling sessions