Jun 21 2008
Smoking, youth and India!
A recent survey among people between the ages of 18 to 35 indicated the maximum number of smoke and nicotine addicts from this age group. The reasons most normally stated include fun, pleasure; running away from tensions, peer pressure etc. Even the WHO declares a non neglectable ratio of the world population as smoke and nicotine addicts.
While the ill effects of this life taker process have been stated innumerable times but a very large ratio of the people doing it have an ignorant behavior towards these warnings. The reason is only the shear pleasure of a few moments that calms one down after the craving of the body. Some developed countries are of the idea that smoke addiction is comparatively more prevalent in the developing countries due to the lack of resources for its cure like the rehabilitation centres, easy reach by small level companies targeting the lower class, taking advantage of the large number of problems being faced by them.
Studies have proved that smoke other than affecting the liver has a major role in tooth yellowing and decaying. More severe affects are in the stomach and gall bladder causing gall stones and ulcers leave aside the well known skin cancer and loss of eyesight.
But the easiest target in today’s time is the youth. Nicotine has become a status and style statement for not only the males but the gender equality has plunged into this part as well.
It starts from the secondary school or the college level where one starts smoking to prove the peer that he’s grown up and by the time sensibilities knock the doors of their brains, their bodies have succumbed to the desire of the deadly sticks.
Realizing the need of the hour, Indian police had tried to take preventive measures in Delhi by putting up signs of “NO SMOKING” in commercial places failing which there were fines of Rs.500 but it is a common site to see people still burning their hearts away openly.
It cannot be said that there is a need of awareness, but there is surely a need of spreading a fear among the general people of its slow its slow and silent killing because in todays time man lives for his pleasures and is afraid only of death.
