Effectivity of Anti Smoking Campaign in the Philippines

INRODUCTION Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco encased in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Casual smoking is the act of smoking only occasionally, usually in a social situation or to relieve stress. Many health experts now regard habitual smoking as a psychological addiction, two and one with serious consequences.[1] It is the practice in which a substance, most commonly tobacco or cannabis, is burned and the smoke tasted or inhaled.[2] This is primarily practiced as a route for recreational drug use, as combustion releases the active substances in drugs which is nicotine and makes them available for absorption through the lungs. It can also be done as a part of rituals, to induce trances and spiritual enlightenment.†¦show more content†¦Emphysema does not develop suddenly, it comes very gradually. Years of exposure to cigarette smoke usually causes the development of emphysema.[6][7][8][9] CESSATION OF SMOKING Most patients are aware of the adverse health effects of tobacco but lack the motivations to quit. Others, particularly those with COPD, have repeatedly tried to quit but are seemingly powerless to do so. Traditionally, physicians and other healthcare workers have relied primarily on counselling to treat tobacco addiction. However, combining counselling with pharmacotherapy has been shown to active the highest quit rates. Tobacco use is responsible for 90% of lung cancers in males and 80% in women. Head and neck cancer is seen primarily in smokers. Those patients who continue to smoke after treatment are at increased risk for a second head and neck primary cancer. Smoking cessation can decrease the risk of these cancers. Smoking Cessation has been demonstrated to substantially reduce the risk of deaths from cardiovascular diseases. There is a rapid decrease in risk for myocardial events in patients with and without previous cardiovascular disease after smoking ce ssation. Many patients become motivated to stop smoking after spirometry results indicate abnormalities of lung function related to smoking. Some patients are also motivated to quit after a