To befriend with tobacco is to be an enemy with your own life. This reality is not able to reduce the rate of consumption of tobacco and cigarettes. Youth relate the smoking to their temporary enjoyment, stress reduction, status symbol, to be like his/her role model, these are the main reasons behind continuous increase in instances of smoking and tobacco consumption.

Another main reason is the dual nature of govt activities, on one hand theycelebrate anti-tobacco day, so many programs are celebrated, speeches are given by our honorable(?) leaders, but they don’t undertake actual step ie ban on production of tobacco and cigarettes. The reason is loss of very high revenues and bribes they receive from the producers and manufacturers. The ban is imposed on smoking, only at public places, and in country like India neither police cares nor people do care and there are very few people who have morale courage to act against public smoking.

The movie and TV stars are also the main source in increasing the smoking rate among youth; in every other scene stars are shown smoking. This motivates young guys and they follow their favorite stars.

It is not so that this tendency has been noticed for the first time. In 80s, health specialists of whole world got worried because even after so many morale efforts, political efforts the rate of consuming tobacco in youth kept on increasing. After this only, the step was taken to celebrate world anti-tobacco day on 31^st may every year. The motto was that govt across the world will take steps to harass the use of tobacco and smoking so that there is reduction in consumption of tobacco. But even after so many years and efforts put in, the results are amazing. The more efforts being put in the more its use increased. In 1985, around 650 million cigarettes were consumed daily all over the world which increased to 1500 million in 2007.

A dangerous estimate is that by yr 2030, the no of people who will die of due to direct and indirect use of tobacco, will become more than 10 million per year.

Some eye opening facts:

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· As per WHO, more than half of world children are facing diseases related to smoking.

· The smoke of cigarette, lessens the path of arteries, thus there is an obstruction in blood circulation, which leads to high blood pressure and artery blockages.

· Every year almost 5 million people die of tobacco and smoking.

· There is expenditure of more than 20 billion dollars in various forms over tobacco generated diseases.

· In whole world, more than 130 million people consume tobacco.

· As per reports of WHO, in house holds where mother/father or both are smokers, their children are 15 times more passive smokers than ordinary children.

· The smoke of tobacco contains polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, which are very poisonous and they have the capability to damage the structure of DNA.

· The smoke of tobacco is equally dangerous for people who have to consume it by being in vicinity of smoker.

· The smoking by pregnant women increases the risk of DNA deformity in new born.

· Smoking is the main cause of lung cancer, acute bronchitis and respiration difficulties.

In a nut shell, the govt will not take any right actions due to their revenues, stars will not stop showing smoking scenes as they are promoting sponsors, so its only up to you to stop smoking and live a healthy life.

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