Between 80-100,000 adolescents world-wide take up the smoking habit each day although the dangers of smoking have been common knowledge since the 1950's. Of the 4000 chemicals in cigarettes 43 are known carcinogens and a further 200 have been identified as poisonous.
World-wide around 5 million people die each year from a smoking related disease and estimates from the World Health Organisation (WHO) predict that deaths from smoking will be around 6.5 million a year in 2015 and 8.3 million a year by 2030.
The Health Risks of Smoking - Smoking related diseases accounts for one death every 8 seconds world-wide and annually results in more deaths each year than murder, suicide, traffic accidents and AIDs combined. Of the many diseases caused by smoking the most serious and fatal include cancers of the lips, tongue, mouth and throat, lungs cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer and cervical cancer. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease resulting in bronchitis, emphysema and pneumonia and Cardiovascular Disease resulting in coronary heart disease, heart attacks and strokes.
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Risks of Smoking - Dangers of Smoking
Of all cases of lung cancer 90% are the result of smoking with 90% of all oral cancers also smoking related. Of respiratory diseases 75% of chronic bronchitis cases and 80% of emphysema case are a result of smoking. Finally smokers have a 70% higher rate of heart disease and are twice as likely to suffer a heart attack and five times more at risk than non smoker to suffer from a stroke.
Other Health Risks - Women smokers have a greater chance of developing osteoporosis later in life, both men and women can develop vision problems with the risk of developing cataracts three times that of a non smoker and risk of muscular degeneration doubled. Periodontitis and tooth loss is also three times more likely to occur in smokers than non smoker and for men in their 30's and 40's who smoke their is a 50% increased risk of suffering from impotence.
Passive Smoking - The risks of smoking affects not only the smoker but also the non-smoker. Passive smoking also referred to as second hand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) relates to the side stream smoke (smoke exhaled by a smoker or released by the burning tip of a lit cigarette) which is inhaled by non smokers.
Short-Term Risk - The Short-term risk associated with passive smoking may include: eye irritation, sneezing, coughing, headaches, allergy attacks and triggering or exacerbation of asthma in those with this condition.
Long-Term Risks - Repeated short term and long term exposure to second hand smoke can lead to many of the same consequences of smoking as those caused by first hand smoking with those exposed to repeated second hand smoke over a long period of time having the risk of lung cancer increased by 20-30%, the risk of heart disease increased by 25-35% and the risk of stroke increased by as much as 80%.
For pregnant women the dangers of smoking or from passive smoking can result in miscarriage, low birth weight and in new born children second hand smoke can result in sudden infant death syndrome, bronchitis, pneumonia, middle ear infection and the induction or aggravation of asthma.
Finally 'third hand smoke' which references to the components of cigarette smoke that coats and contaminates suffices and objects (clothes, hair and carpets) after second hand smoke has cleared and continues to emit toxins and carcinogenic compounds and is another health risk especially to young infants who crawl on the floor and ingest toxins into their system.
Overall passive smoking has become the cornerstone of the anti-smoking movement leading to the ban on smoking in public places including public transport, work places, restaurants and bars and clubs becoming no smoking zones.
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Fire Risks of Smoking - Finally cigarettes are the 3rd leading cause of all house fires and generally occur when a smoker falls asleep whilst smoking, drops a cigarette on upholstered furniture, leaves a cigarette burning and unattended or empties an ashtray into a trash can while a cigarette is still lit or smouldering.
It is estimated that 10% of all deaths caused by fire are cigarette related and that 300,000 deaths occur each year from fires started by cigarettes. [Mackay and Eriksen, 2002]
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