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Varanasi: World No Tobacco Day is celebrated every year on May 31 to make people aware of the ill effects of tobacco. The theme for this year’s World No Tobacco Day is ‘We need food, not tobacco’.
Worldwide, 3.5 million hectares of land are used annually for tobacco cultivation. Annual deforestation for tobacco cultivation is estimated at about two lakh hectares. Tobacco cultivation reduces soil fertility and increases the risk of desertification. Due to which there is a fear of severe shortage of grain in the whole world in the future. Tobacco consumption produces many harmful substances in the environment. Tobacco production, packaging and transportation also add to many types of pollution in the environment. Thousands of tons of toxic substances and green house gases are damaging the environment due to tobacco. Tobacco cultivation damages the nutrients of arable land. Tobacco production produces chemical wastes that cause great harm to the environment.
Paradoxically, the Ministry of Environment in India ranks the tobacco industry as the most polluting industry. This same beedi industry has got the status of cottage industry. Water is polluted by tobacco manufacturing units. According to the Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI), one hectare of forest wood is required to cure half a hectare of tobacco crop.
According to CTRI, tobacco production is about three thousand lakh kilograms, eight kg of wood is required to make one kg of tobacco usable. According to an estimate, 24 thousand lakh kg of wood is burnt every year for curing tobacco. One tree is cut to make three hundred cigarettes. India is the second largest tobacco producing country in the world with an annual production of 757.5 thousand metric tons.
According to the World Health Organization, only 30 percent of people who decide to quit are successful in adopting quit measures. It is estimated that one person dies every six seconds worldwide due to tobacco. The number of tobacco users in India is about 27 crore. According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (2016-17), 42.47 percent of men and 12.24 percent of women in India use tobacco.
It is noteworthy that second-hand smoking in which the person himself does not smoke. But he inhales the smoke due to smoking by the people around him. The smoke emitted by cigarette and BD smokers contains three times more nicotine, three times more tar and 50 times more ammonia than normal air. Second-hand smoking increases the risk of heart attack and stroke in children. It also increases the risk of infertility in women. According to an estimate, 50 percent of people in India are victims of second-hand smoking.
Dr. Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Senior Consultant, ART Centre, Sarasundarlal Hospital, IMS, BHU, explains that one can overcome tobacco addiction with strong willpower, cooperation and support of family, friends, proper counseling by psychologists and psychotherapy and if necessary . , medicines prescribed by a doctor. But can be easily won.
