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Please Stop
Smoking
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Prepared by
Dr. Mahdy Attia
Company Physician
Tel. #: 03-359 5024
E-mail:mahdya@united.sabic.com
 The World Health Organization estimated
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Smoking number expected to be doubled by 2025.
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Smoking has been identified as the

single most preventable cause of death
and disease.
 Smoking is the major cause of cancer in
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Smoking pharynx.
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Smoking and nicotine can alter a

number of hormones involved in the
reproductive system.
 Smoking accounts for about 80 to 90
percent of all chronic obstructive
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pulmonary disease.
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Smoking
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about four-thousand
chemicals, including
two-hundred known
poisons.

Cigarette smoking accounts for 30

percent of all heart disease deaths.
 Smoking cigarette accounts for 85% of all
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Smoking Smoker women enter
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menopause in an average of
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-five years earlier than non
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Pregnant women who smoke are more

likely to deliver babies whose weights are
too low for the babies' good health. If all
women quit smoking during pregnancy,
about 4,000 new babies would not die
each year.
 Why Quit?
Quitting smoking makes a difference
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Quitting smoking cuts
the risk of lung cancer,
many other cancers,
heart disease, stroke,
other lung diseases, and
other respiratory
illnesses.
 Why Quit?
Ex-smokers have better health than
current smokers. Ex-smokers have fewer
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current smokers.
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saves money. A pack-a-
day smoker, who pays
5 SR per pack can,
expect to save more
than 1820 SR per year.

The people you live with, especially

your children, will be healthier.
 CANCERS CHRONIC DISEASES
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Smoking Larynx Stroke
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Lung
Aortic aneurysm

Atherosclerotic peripheral
Pancreas vascular disease
Kidney and Ureter

Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD)
Bladder
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 EDUCATION

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EDUCATION is an important part of a
successful quit smoking program. Learn
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Smoking everything you can about:
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HAZARDS OF NICOTINE

BENEFITS OF QUITTING SMOKING

WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS AND HOW TO MANAGE

 GET READY

My Dad Set a quit date.

Please Stop Change your environment.
Smoking
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Get rid of ALL cigarettes and
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place of work.
Don't let people smoke around you.
Review your past attempts to quit,
think about what worked and what
did not.
Once you quit, don't smoke NOT
EVEN A PUFF!
 GET SUPPORT

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Tell your family, friends, and co-workers
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Smoking
that you are quitting smoking and you
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out where you can see them.
Get individual, group, or telephone
counseling. Counseling doubles your
chances of success.
The more help you have, the better your
chances are of quitting
 LEARN NEW SKILLS AND BEHAVIORS
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Please Stop
Smoking Change your routine.
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Create something enjoyable to do every
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day.
Do something to reduce your stress and
distract yourself from urges to smoke
like read a book, go for a walk or
exercise, Talk to someone, Take a hot
bath.
 GET MEDICATION AND USE IT CORRECTLY
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Please Stop
Smoking Some medications
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like Nicotine gum
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and Nicotine patch
can help you stop
smoking and lessen
the urge to smoke.
 BE PREPARED FOR RELAPSE
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Smoking Most relapses occur within
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quitting. Don't be discouraged
if you start smoking again. or
you feel anxiety, tension
increase in your weight, all
these situations can be
solved easily.
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It begins within 20 minutes of the last cigarette

 At 20 minutes after quitting:
Blood pressure decreases.
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Pulse rate drops.
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Smoking Body temperature of hands and feet increases.
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At 8 hours:
Carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal.
Oxygen level in blood increases to normal.

At 24 hours:
chance of a heart attack decreases.
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Nerve endings start regrowing.
Ability to smell and taste improve.
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Please Stop At 2 weeks to 3 months:

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Lung function increases.

From 1 to 9 months:
Improvements in:
Coughing
Sinus congestion
Fatigue
Shortness of breath
 At 1 Year smoke free:
Excess risk of coronary heart disease is
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At 5 years:
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reduced to that of people who have never smoked.

At 10 years:
Risk of lung cancer drops to as little as one-
half that of continuing smokers.
Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat,
esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas
decreases.
Risk of ulcer decreases.
 At 15 years:
Risk of coronary heart disease is now similar
to that of people who have never smoked.
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Risk of death returns to nearly the level of
Please Stop people who have never smoked.
Smoking
Before My Life
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You want to quit on your own and not because a
doctor told you
You are terrified of all of the health
consequences of smoking.
You want a clean life and you no longer want to
be a slave to cigarettes.
You want your self-esteem back.
You want to feel better physically.
My Dad Quitting smoking is one of the
Please Stop most important thing you will ever
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Quitting takes hard work and a lot
of effort, but you can quit smoking.
Most people try several times
before they finally quit.
Set Your Quit Smoking Date And
become a Non-Smoker for Life!
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Please Stop
Smoking
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