What Smoking Means ??

Smoking is a practice in which a substance, most commonly tobacco or cannabis, is burned and the smoke is tasted or inhaled.

Modes of Smoking
Rolling Papers Pipes Cigars Bidi Cigarettes Hookah Bongs * Etc.

Effects of Smoking on Human body

1.92% oral cancers 2.Mouth diseases 3.Neck cancers 4.Miscarriage 5.Gangrene
6.Vascular stenosis 7.Lung cancer 8.Heart attacks 9.Asthma 10.Chronic bronchitis *And many more

Effects of Smoking on Society

Public inconvenience  Increasing children s Interest  Work Difficulties Environmental pollution  Increases health problem causes social inconvenience
A 2007 report states that about 4.9 million people worldwide each year die as a result of smoking.

Government Efforts to Prevent Smoking in INDIA

Government made laws against smoking It includes non-selling of smoking materials to teenagers Ban to smoke at public places Violation of This rules are regarded as an offence. Give power to commoners say on it at the society Government authorities promote all this Acts and regulations very well through various tools, viz; Billboards, TV, news papers and magazines.

Anti Smoking Campaigns by non-govt. Organizations

It is necessary to have involvement of nongovernment organizations in this type of campaigns. Because, only government effort is not enough to make the dream true. To get more and more positive result from these campaigns, the involvement of nongovt . organizations like NGO, local sociocultural groups, etc. are very necessary.

ANTI SMOKING CAMPAIGN

Features & Challenges of anti-smoking campaign
Focus on building awareness about harmful effects of smoking Aggressive policy of govt. Like banning of smoking in public places, graphical representation in cigarette covers etc. Real question is whether consumers are actually unaware of the dangers Smoking kills comes only after smoking is cool in a lot of people dictionaries Real Question is Can anti-smoking campaign based on the idea of fear be truly effective?