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Before “Sugar is the new tobacco”, What about the original?....

Before “Sugar is the new tobacco”, What about the original?. Health effects of smoking. www.CDC.gov/tobacco. Mortality attributable to smoking England 2009. Impact of Tobacco. Every year in the UK 207,000 children start to smoke 90% start before they are 19

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Before “Sugar is the new tobacco”, What about the original?....

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  1. Before “Sugar is the new tobacco”, What about the original?....

  2. Health effects of smoking www.CDC.gov/tobacco

  3. Mortality attributable to smoking England 2009

  4. Impact of Tobacco Every year in the UK 207,000 children start to smoke 90% start before they are 19 50% will die from smoking related disease poorest families pay the highest price Cost to UK economy £13.8bn total • £9.5bn business • £2.7bn local NHS • £713m secondhandsmoke • £507m house fires • £342m litter http://tobaccofreefutures.org/why-tackle-tobacco/

  5. Tobacco Control Strategy • Stopping the promotion of tobacco • Making tobacco less affordable • Effective regulation of tobacco • Helping tobacco users to quit • Reducing exposure to secondhand smoke • Effective communications for tobacco control http://tobaccofreefutures.org/why-tackle-tobacco/

  6. Cigarette smoking by age – England adults ONS, 2012

  7. EURO-URHIS 2 (www.results.urhis.eu)

  8. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic

  9. US Surgeon General www.CDC.gov/tobacco

  10. Why do people smoke when they know the risks? www.CDC.gov/tobacco

  11. “The addicted brain” www.cassioburycourt.com/treatment

  12. “Hijacked networks” www.achoice2live.com

  13. Benefits of quitting • Family are less likely to develop asthma and other respiratory conditions • Children with non-smoke-induced asthma can control their symptoms better. • You are more likely to have a healthy pregnancy and baby. • The effect of second-hand smoke on your friends and work colleagues is much less. • Save • £50/week • £220/month • £2,640/year • Reduced insurance costs www.blf.org.uk

  14. A Tobacco Control Plan for England • Now >8 million smokers in England. • By the end of 2015, we want to reduce smoking rates to: • 18.5% or less for adults (compared to 21.2% for April 2009 to March 2010) • 12% or less for 15 year olds (compared to 15% in 2009) • 11% or less for pregnant women, measured at the time of giving birth (compared to 14% over 2009 to 2010)

  15. What do you think? • What about the evidence presented here today? • Did you notice the source? • Did it matter to you? • Who do you believe? • Always think critically

  16. Film Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvkAGrrHdIo

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