TODAY IS NO SMOKING DAY. No.1 cause of preventable disease & death

World Health Statistics has reported that Cigarette smoking accounts for about one-fifth of all deaths from heart disease in the India.

Smokers have a two- to fourfold increase in coronary artery disease and about a 70 percent higher death rate from coronary artery disease than non-smokers.

Smoking is a major risk factor for heart disease.

The prevalence of smoking or the use of any tobacco product in 22.8% in men and 2.4% in women.

There was always only one rule.

It's that one puff of nicotine will cause up to half of your brain's dopamine pathway receptors to become occupied by nicotine.

During recovery, the brain needs up to 72 hours to rid itself of all nicotine, to re-sensitize once nicotine saturated receptors, and to move beyond peak withdrawal.

It also needs 2-3 weeks to down-regulate and eliminates the millions of extra nicotinic receptors that nicotine caused it to grow.

No Smoking Day aims to bring awareness to the dangers of this addiction.

The day also tries to spotlight resources available to help people decide to try and quit

No Smoking Day started out in 1984 and has grown in size and scope since then.

It is celebrated in communities across the world trying to educate more people every year.

No.1 cause of preventable disease & death

Smoking causes

• Decreased oxygen to the heart and to other tissues in the body
  
• Decreased exercise tolerance
• Decreased HDL (good) cholesterol
• Increased blood pressure and heart rate
• Damage to cells that line coronary arteries and other blood vessels
• Increased risk of developing coronary artery disease and heart attack
• Increased risk of developing peripheral artery disease and stroke
• Increased risk of developing lung cancer, throat cancer, chronic asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema
• Increased risk of developing diabetes
• Increased risk of developing a variety of other conditions including gum disease and ulcers
• Increase the tendency for blood clotting
• Increased risk of recurrent coronary artery disease after bypass surgery
• Increased risk of becoming sick (especially among children: respiratory infections are more common among children exposed to second-hand smoke)