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Smoking in Jordan

Smoking in Jordan. Kawkab Shishani, PhD. Describe effects of smoking on health List reasons for smoking among Jordanian adolescents Describe the ways that assist in fighting smoking at the primary level of prevention. Objectives.

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Smoking in Jordan

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  1. Smoking in Jordan Kawkab Shishani, PhD

  2. Describe effects of smoking on health List reasons for smoking among Jordanian adolescents Describe the ways that assist in fighting smoking at the primary level of prevention Objectives

  3. Worldwide, there are 1.1 billion smokers; of them: 800 million live in developing countries 300 million live in developed countries Smoking in the World

  4. What is Tobacco • Tobacco is a broad-leafed plant of the nightshade family. The plant can grow to a height of 1 to 1.5 meters. • Tobacco is smoked in cigars, cigarettes, and hubble- bubble.

  5. Nicotine is an alkaloid, colorless and rapidly absorbed from the lungs Reaches the brain within 8 minutes Cigarette Components: Nicotine

  6. Carcinogenic, viscid, and brown to black in color Cigarette Components: Tar

  7. Highly toxic gas Binds to the hemoglobin in the blood Cigarette Components: CO(carbon monoxide)

  8. Passive Smoking Passive smoking is when a non-smoking person inhales smoke involuntarily; this is also called second hand smoking

  9. How does smoking cause addiction? • Nicotine absorbed from the cigarettes binds to receptors located in the brain • This binding causes the release of Dopamine, acetylcholine…

  10. Farming and the manufacture of tobacco in Jordan • Tobacco plantations take up 1% of Jordan’s farming land and approximately 1,500 farmers work on these plantations • There are six domestic companies in Jordan that manufacture tobacco

  11. Smoking in Jordan 21% of teenagers that are between the ages 13-15 smoke: • 15% female • 25% male

  12. Reasons for smoking in Jordan Smoking is one of the most negative habits among teenagers and adults in Jordan

  13. Fighting Smoking • Focusing on the early stages of life to ensure that they don’t smoke when they grow older • Legislations to prohibit selling cigarettes to minors

  14. Fighting Smoking The development of governmental and non- governmental organizations to help those who want to quit smoking

  15. Fighting Smoking The Jordanian legislative priorities: Public health promotion

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