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SMOKING KILLS Taalia Khan Hashaam Ather Maryam Imran Maaz Aslam Khan
Deaths From Smoking In Pakistan
• Estimate of number of deaths caused by smoking in Pakistan. • Particular emphasis is given to the number of deaths in the middle age(between 35 to 69). • Available on www.deathsfromsmoking.net
Annual deaths from Smoking • Smoking kills about 2,800 people ever year in Pakistan. • About 1,600 die in middle age from smoking. • About 21 years of life are lost, by those killed in middle age by smoking.
Smoking VS Non-Medical Deaths Comparison
Diseases caused by Smoking
Cancer Statistics
Male Mortality • The main pattern of increase, and eventually decrease in premature deaths in smoking is at a more advanced stage in men than women. • This pattern is first seen in the middle age and then in old age.
Mortality Statistics-Male
*1,400 (32%) of the 4,400 deaths at ages
*Risks at year 2005 Death rates for ages 35-69
Summary For The Whole Population
In Pakistan:
• Smoking kills about 2,800 men and women each year. • About 1,600 die in middle age from smoking. • Smoking causes twice as many deaths as all non-medical deaths put together. • About one in four of all cancer deaths is due to smoking.
Message For individual Smoker • The risk is big, about half are killed. • Those killed in middle age lose many years. • Stop smoking works Even in middle age those who stop(before they have cancer or some other fatal disease)avoid most of their risk of being killed by Tobacco. Stop before middle age even works better.
Anti-Smoking Aids • Chewing gums • Herbal cigarettes • Special Therapies • Nicotine Nasal Sprays
• Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU), University of Oxford. • International Union Against Cancer (UICC) • Fogarty International Centre, UK • UK Medical Research Council • Cancer Research, UK
Deaths From Smoking In Pakistan
• Estimate of number of deaths caused by smoking in Pakistan. • Particular emphasis is given to the number of deaths in the middle age(between 35 to 69). • Available on www.deathsfromsmoking.net
Annual deaths from Smoking • Smoking kills about 2,800 people ever year in Pakistan. • About 1,600 die in middle age from smoking. • About 21 years of life are lost, by those killed in middle age by smoking.
Smoking VS Non-Medical Deaths Comparison
Diseases caused by Smoking
Cancer Statistics
Male Mortality • The main pattern of increase, and eventually decrease in premature deaths in smoking is at a more advanced stage in men than women. • This pattern is first seen in the middle age and then in old age.
Mortality Statistics-Male
*1,400 (32%) of the 4,400 deaths at ages
*Risks at year 2005 Death rates for ages 35-69
Summary For The Whole Population
In Pakistan:
• Smoking kills about 2,800 men and women each year. • About 1,600 die in middle age from smoking. • Smoking causes twice as many deaths as all non-medical deaths put together. • About one in four of all cancer deaths is due to smoking.
Message For individual Smoker • The risk is big, about half are killed. • Those killed in middle age lose many years. • Stop smoking works Even in middle age those who stop(before they have cancer or some other fatal disease)avoid most of their risk of being killed by Tobacco. Stop before middle age even works better.
Anti-Smoking Aids • Chewing gums • Herbal cigarettes • Special Therapies • Nicotine Nasal Sprays
• Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU), University of Oxford. • International Union Against Cancer (UICC) • Fogarty International Centre, UK • UK Medical Research Council • Cancer Research, UK
