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Indian Women Outdo Men in Smoking

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An average Indian female smoker smokes more cigarettes a day than male, 7 as compared with 6.1. Further, an average Indian woman is taking up smoking at 17.5 years as against 18.8 years among men, as reported by Kounteya Sinha for TOI.  However, 21 percent Indian male tobacco users smoke daily as against only 3 percent of women. And almost half of Indian men (47.9 percent) aged 15 years and above consume tobacco.

Smokeless tobacco use is high among Indian men at 32.9 percent. Further, nearly 206 million Indians use smokeless form of tobacco (loose-leaf chewing tobacco and snuff). One in every five female tobacco users in India uses the smokeless form of tobacco as against one in 10 who smoke. These are the new numbers on global tobacco use, as published by the medical journal, Lancet.

It is noted that an average Indian smoker smokes two cigarettes a day. At 16.1 percent, men smoking bidis was common. The percentage of men who used both smoked and smokeless products was second highest in India at 9.3 percent.

China has the highest number of tobacco users (300.8 million), followed by India (274.9 million).

India has the most smokeless tobacco users at 205.9 million. The quit rate was noted to be low in India with less than 20 percent of adults who had ever smoked saying they had given up. China, Egypt, Russia and Bangladesh also have poor quit rates. Quit ratios were found to be highest in the UK, the U.S., Brazil and Uruguay, with over 35 percent of smokers saying they had stopped.

Dr K Srinath Reddy, president of Public Health Foundation of India told TOI “While tobacco use among men has dipped from 51 percent to 48 percent, it has actually doubled among women from 10 percent to 20 percent. Women and girls are the new target of tobacco companies. Increase of tobacco use among women is alarming. “

The study also revealed that manufactured cigarettes were favoured by most smokers (82 percent) overall, but smokeless tobacco and bidis were commonly used in India and Bangladesh. India recorded for 23 percent of men who were smokers during 2008-2010.

Further, with 6.1 mean cigarettes a day smoked, India showed the lowest figure among the 16 countries. At almost 33 percent, the country has the highest male smokeless tobacco users, just above Bangladesh (26.4 percent).

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E-Cigarettes is really not safer

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There’s bad news for would-be ex smokers, as experts have questioned the safety of the increasingly popular nicotine vapour inhalers used by many in a bid to quit the cancer sticks.

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Touted as a safer alternative to smoking, electronic cigarettes deliver nicotine to the body through a vapour that is breathed in. Looking like pens or cigarettes, they’re favoured by quitters who miss the relaxing action of raising a cigarette to their mouths and can be used anywhere as they don’t involve actually lighting up.

But experts have warned that despite this, they may still damage the lungs, and have called for more rigorous testing to be required. Research at the University of Athens has found that ‘smoking’ a vapour inhaler for 10 minutes increases the amount of airway resistance in the lungs.

“We do not yet know whether unapproved nicotine delivery products, such as e-cigarettes, are safer than normal cigarettes, despite marketing claims that they are less harmful,” said Professor Christina Gratziou, Chair of the ERS Tobacco Control Committee.

“This research helps us to understand how these products could be potentially harmful.

“We found an immediate rise in airway resistance in our group of participants, which suggests e-cigarettes can cause immediate harm after smoking the device.

“More research is needed to understand whether this harm also has lasting effects in the long-term.”

He added: “The ERS recommends following effective smoking cessation treatment guidelines based on clinical evidence which do not advocate the use of such products.”

Deborah Arnott, spokesperson for the charity Action on Smoking and Health told the Mail: ‘We certainly wouldn’t want smokers to think it’s better to go back to using cigarettes rather than e-cigarettes.”

“We’d want to see them properly regulated,” she added. “Presently they are made in China but there are not properly regulated on how much nicotine they contain or on their safety quality.”

Rs.52 Lakh is What You Will Burn Up by Smoking

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Smoking is not only injurious as it muddles up your lungs; it also burns up your money hugely before you even relish that one puff. Smoking today, is one of the most common forms of recreational drug use. About one billion people in this world practice smoking. ET Wealth has consolidated a number to show how a 30 year old stands to lose due to tobacco use over 30 years.

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Most of us do not realize how much we are spending in collecting those buds of cigarettes. In a year we spend more than 10, 000 a year on cigarettes. In a year it does seem a mammoth amount but over a period of 30 years it would sum to 52.15 lakh. This figure was for a person who smokes only 5 cigarettes a day. Could you believe that?

Again 30 years is a very protracted period of time but during the time when you are spending on smoking, you are also bound to spend on your health treatments as well. Over 70 percent of smokers between the ages of 35 and 44 who die of coronary heart disease, die prematurely due to smoking reports helpwithsmoking .com For example, a person who has been smoking one packet of cigarette a day for 30 years is more at risk than a person who has been smoking two packs a day for 15 years. For that matter any tobacco product would put your health into trouble.

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And now, since it is the Insurance age, your insurance premium will also pinch your pockets due to your unhealthy habits. It is very obvious that people who smoke more will visit doctors more often than the non-smokers and this drills a hole in their finances as they have to pay a minimum of 400-500 as consultation fee and 500-750 on medicines.

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