Category: Tobacco

Articles on harmful effects and impact of Tobacco in our lifestyle. Remedies to Quit Tobacco easily and much more. Keep Reading.

Mayavi Ravan – Ram Toh Haare Ab Sita Ki Hai Bari

A historic educational Cultural program on the occasion of Dusshera – when good wins over evil  @ICanCaRe –  https://youtu.be/uUTeXFJKJ88

Tobacco – chewing or smoking form is depicted as MAYAVI RAVAN, which over a period has affected RAM (the common man) to such an extent that most are at the mercy of the RAVAN (THE TAMBAKKU ASUR). It is the women as tobacco MARSHALs who would rise against this biggest killer of the present society.

EACH WOMAN IS UNIQUE! They sacrifice their life for others!

INNER WHEEL 310 with ICanCaRe and Ek Pahal presents a theme program “MAYAVI RAVAN- RAM TOH HAARE, AB SITA KI HAI BAARI!!” – depicting the life of a woman in the era of tobacco and how she needs to be empowered as TOBACCO MARSHALs to fight the greatest killer of today.

Initiated by Mrs. SONAL BHATIA, District Chairman Inner wheel District 310 for 2021-22 it is revolutionized society.

WOMEN ARE THE ONES WHO CAN CHANGE THE WORLD! SHE IS SHAKTI AND HAS THE POWER TO DO WHAT MEN COULD NOT DO! We, introduce the First INNER WHEEL TOBACCO MARSHAL of INDIA – IW Mrs. SWARN LATA of Jaipur IWD 305 who has shown the seed of change.

Let’s join during International Pink month to be strong and make the World Stronger.

ICanCaRe, a start-up company that has pioneered the Tobacco Cessation with the SAVE the youth Campaign, has added WOMEN HEALTH INITIATIVE to address the issues related to women. ICanCaRe wishes for our country to be free from tobacco and cancer. In order to do so, your help is needed to have a sincere attempt. #catchthemearly and #SAVEtheyouth campaign has been initiated by ICanCaRe under the guidance of a specialist team of doctors led by Dr. Pawan Gupta M.Ch., (CANCER SURGEON) for a Cancer-Free India!

#SAVEtheyouth S – SENSITIZE A – ASSIST V – VOLUNTEER E– ENFORCE to win over tobacco

https://www.icancare.in Quit Helpline: 011 430 77695

TOPICS: and presentation

Bechara Ram – RAVAN KA MAYAJAAL– Har Jage Ravan, Phas Gaye Ram – Dr. Reena R Kumar

Abla Sita – The Most Affected – Dr. Safalta Baghmar

Aaj Ki Sita – Multi-hand Worker Lubha Rahan Hain Sita Ko – Rtn Kavita Jain

The Little Sita – Little Aadya

Laxman Rekha – 3 – Not to Be Friend of a Tobacco User, Not To Marry A Tobacco User, Never Be A Tobacco User – Dr. Manisha Pandey

Kya Hoga Agar Laxman Rekah Paar Karen – Risks for Women – More Than Male – Dr. Shalini Agarwal

Performance (Innerwheel)

Sita SHAKTI – Sita Ko Hi Uthana Hoga Sastra – Aaj Ke Is Daur Me – TOBACCO MARSHAL. ICanCaRe APP. 10 weapons – TM Ms. Shalu Rana

Main Hu Sita, Main Ne Jeeta – The MARSHAL WINNER STORY TM Mrs. Pravesh and Mr. Saurabh

Nahin Dabenge, Nahin Jukhenge – Hum Ladenge Jeet Lenge – First Innerwheel TOBACCO MARSHAL of India – TM IW Mrs. Swarna Lata

Mere Luv Kush Ko Sakti – Little Marshals – Be Smart Do Not Start, Be Careful and Fearful – Dr. Sushma Trivedi

Main Hoon Shakti – I Am TOBACCO MARSHAL – TM Vinali

Chota Daana – Recognising the Lesions in Oral Cavity, SMF, TrisCaRe. 2bacconil Dr. Pawan Gupta & Mr. Herambh Vyas

TOBACCO MARSHAL President IW Jaipur Main – TM IW Mitu Kedia

Guest Of Honour Today’s Women – Inner Wheel Partner with ICanCaRe to Create TOBACCO MARSHALs – Mrs. Sonal Bhatia Inner Wheel District Chair 310

Special Guest – Controlling The Ravan – Dr. Kamla Fartyal, CGM, HOD (MSD), NHPC Ltd.

Chief Guest – Strong Women, Stronger World – Mrs. Saroj Katiyar Inner Wheel Association President 2021-22

Vote Of Thanks – IW Mrs. Saroj Vinaik

#MAYAVI #RAVAN #innerwheelclub #sonalbhatia #swarnlatamodi #icancare #pawangupta #quitsmoking #tobaccocessation #tobacco #tobaccomarshal #safaltabaghmar #sarojvinaik #kavitajain #pravesh #saurabhsingh #shaliniagarwal

Tobacco – Enjoy to Suffer

The start of the journey of a tobacco user is of enjoyment. The tobacco is packed and advertised to attract the youth. The flavor, menthol, etc added to tobacco – smoking. chewing or vaping is to make it an enjoyable thing. But the addictive factor added to it is slowly affecting the brain making it irresistible. The youth are attracted to tobacco by surrogate advertisements and misleading advertisements.

TOBACCO ENJOY TO SUFFER

Cigarettes contain 7000 chemicals, of these 200 are severely harmful and 69 are cancer-causing chemicals. In chewing tobacco similar constituents with 28 very harmful carcinogens. The Vaping device also contains chemicals that are leading to new forms of diseases.

No chemicals cause acute injury, it is a journey. In simple words, tobacco will not cause any diseases immediately. Its chronic use will slowly take its toll. Slowly diseases appear and it affects the body, initially reversible and later irreversible. This can be any time from the start of the tobacco journey and depends on many other factors. 200 types of diseases have been documented to be caused by tobacco. Tobacco users will have some or other diseases related to tobacco use, they cannot escape! In India, the introduction of chewing tobacco in the 1970s  and massive advertisements brought a new form of disease Oral and oropharyngeal Cancers and Submucous fibrosis. Now, we are the World’s highest in these diseases.

If you have taken tobacco for some time and you think you are not suffering, you are mistaken. The brain is adapting to your tobacco use, its function starts deteriorating, and to keep up with its pace as a non-tobacco user, the demand for tobacco keeps increasing. You are in a vicious cycle.

The journey starts with some foolish person enticing you to your first tobacco – smoking, chewing, or vaping will soon turn into suffering for yourself and for your relatives. These are the phases of tobacco use that will ultimately end in a painful untimely death.

Your present choice will determine your future life! #knowtobacco to choose your life journey.  

Tobacco is a disease.  Tobacco industries are enticing the new generation with newer forms, packaging, and flavors. One has to be smart not to start. For those who have started it is important they quit the earliest. Quitting needs hand-holding by a certified tobacco cessation specialist. Look for someone around you or call 011-43077695 or download the app- ICanCaRe at http://app.icancare.in

Every day 5500 youths are trapped and they start tobacco. Every day 3700 are dying a painful death. We have to change this scenario. Every unit must have a TOBACCO MARSHAL. Join a Tobacco MARSHAL to SAVE the youth! http://icancare.in/academy/marshal

 (The Author – Dr. Pawan Gupta M.Ch. is Director of Surgical Oncology at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali. Patparganj and Noida. He is the author of the book – Win Over Tobacco Made Easy, Be Smart Do Not Start and is highly recognized for his work on Oral Cancer and Tobacco Cessation. He is the convenor for the Certified Course in Tobacco Cessation at Gujarat University. He launched the #SAVEtheyouth campaign and Tobacco MARSHALs in the community)

 (Critically reviewed by Tobacco MARSHAL Sonal Bhatia, Shubh Bhatia, and Lakshay Srijay Gupta)

5 Phases of Tobacco Use

Tobacco is fun, it’s cool. This is what a new tobacco user may say, thanks to the advertisement and glamour attached. Ask a person who has used it for some years and he will spill the truth.

These are the phases of tobacco use that start with experimentation and end with a painful death. 

EXPERIMENT phase – this always starts with peer pressure, generally by advertisement, or a senior or a friend pushing the person to have one. Two things can happen – instant hate, or causal acceptance. Most people hate it from day one and would never ever take it, it tastes horrible and feels pathetic. But some misguided or those who are going through a low phase would like to experiment more, the dopamine surge gives instant pleasure, and that’s the beginning. Now the companies are luring the youth by introducing fancy articles like e-cigarettes and sheesha, hookahs, etc. These are being marketed as a fashion symbol for the youths, which is the beginning of the end.

NEED – BRAIN CRAVING – The experiment which was a fun and instant pleasure, mediated by dopamine surge is now regularly needed by the brain. In this phase, there is a craving and a demand for the brain, and the person uses it to seek pleasure instantly. The person is still in control and can stop. Most would stop, some would become occasional users, and others would progress. Most who stop are aware of the future and they have better means of seeking pleasure, they are health-seeking individuals have support from home. They have to be counseled at the right time, if they go beyond this phase it is going to be difficult.

ADDICTION – WITHDRAWAL, DISEASE – Now the brain is getting adopted, the brain cannot work without the dose of nicotine. The person who was in control now is in control of nicotine. When he/she stops, he/she has withdrawal symptoms. His/her behavior is changed, he/she is no more normal, and he has become a slave of tobacco. Signs of diseases caused by tobacco are visible, but he/she overlooks them. His/her life is in turmoil, loss of respect in society. He/she would need intensive intervention to quit tobacco.

DISEASED and SUFFERING – Now the person is symptomatic, visibly with the diseases due to tobacco like – cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, or cancer and others. He is repenting the day he started tobacco, but the brain is not ready to leave him. The severe withdrawals make him take tobacco again and again. The journey ahead is treacherously laden with fear and pain. He is seeking help to quit tobacco. They are no more in denial but have accepted the fact that tobacco is harming them. They are easy to quit because now the brain is sending them signals that if you continue further, you will have trouble. With proper support, they quit. The quit has its beneficial effect, but the damage that is done will only progress!

The incurable disease will take its toll with suffering and pain!

DEATH – That’s what they start seeking because of the pain they are going through.  Death is inevitable. The journey ENDS. With the hope of a new beginning in the next life!

 

Tobacco is a disease; the best is never to start. Tobacco industries are now enticing the new generation with newer forms, packaging, and flavors. One has to be smart and do not start. For those who have started it is important they quit the earliest. Quitting needs hand-holding by a certified tobacco cessation specialist. Look for someone around you or call 011-43077695 or download the app- ICanCaRe at http://app.icancare.in

Every day 5500 youths are trapped and they start tobacco and every day 3700 are dying a painful death. We have to change this scenario. Every unit must have a TOBACCO MARSHAL. Join as a Tobacco MARSHAL to SAVE the youth! http://icancare.in/academy/marshal

 

(The Author – Dr. Pawan Gupta M.Ch. is Director of Surgical Oncology at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali. Patparganj and Noida. He is the author of the book – Win Over Tobacco Made Easy, Be Smart Do Not Start and is highly recognized for his work on Oral Cancer and Tobacco Cessation. He is the convenor for the Certified Course in Tobacco Cessation under Gujarat University. He launched the #SAVEtheyouth campaign and Tobacco MARSHALs in the community)

The article has been critically reviewed by Mrs. Sonal Bhatia, Master Lakshay Srijay Gupta, and Shubh Bhatia