Smoking Kills.

By Manoj Kumar( HSE Professional). (hseguru@yahoo.in / +91-8252771261). AniruddhacharyaJi Maharaj Web: www.aniruddhacharya.com • aniruddhacharyatiwari27@gmail.com, email@aniruddhacharya.com • +91 6399991599 I am a Health,Safety & Environment Professional. I started my HSE Career under Shri Jay Shankar Tiwari sir( Dynamic S.S. Engg. Pvt. Ltd., C/O Tata Projects Limited, Prinicipal Employer: MAHAGENCO, Deepnagar, Bhusawal, Dt.- Jalgaon site). Continously I am serving for HSE field from 2007. My Official E-Mail ID is: hseguru@yahoo.in and my official mobile number is: +91-8252771261. I also worked for Thermax Instrumentation Limited under Minakshi Energy Pvt. Ltd. At Gudur( Andhra Pradesh). I worked for Alstom Projects India Limited and Akshar Fire and Safety. I worked at Kaithal Site( Alstom T&D India Limited, Extension Project, S1 Package of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited). Site Team Members are as follows: 1. Shri Vinay Sen( Site-Manager), Shri Satish Sharma( Electrical Engineer), Shri Naresh Sharma( Civil Engineer), Project Manager: Shri Mayank Tandon, Construction Manager: Shri Sushil Krishnan sir, Lovenish Bhagat, Shri Sanjay Das, Shri Ramesh Chandra . HSE Department Members: Shri Yogesh Srivastava sir, Shri Pradipta Nandi Sir, Miss Sudhesha Lodh madam, Shri Rishi Singh sir. …..etc. with Sub-Contractor: M/S Vikas Cement Agency. Smoking is prohibited at construction site. Smoking cause disease and it can cause fire outburst in construction site. Smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and death worldwide. In the United States, more than 490,000 deaths are attributed to cigarette smoking and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke. While cigarette smoking has declined from 12.5% in 2020 to 11.5% in 2021, the lowest prevalence recorded since 19655, the cost associated with smoking in the U.S. costs at least $289 billion each year, including at least $151 billion in lost productivity and $130 billion in direct healthcare expenditures.1 Fact-File: • Cigarette smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals, at least 69 of which are known to cause cancer.2 Smoking is directly responsible for approximately 90 percent of lung cancer deaths and approximately 80 percent of deaths caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. • Among adults who have ever smoked daily, 78% had smoked their first cigarette by the time they were 18 years of age, and 94% had by age 21. • Among those who currently smoke, 73% of their diagnosed smoking-related conditions are chronic lung diseases. Even among those who previously smoked who have quit, chronic lung disease still accounts for 50% of smoking-related conditions. • Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body, and is a main cause of lung cancer and COPD. It also is a cause of coronary heart disease, stroke and a host of other cancers and diseases. In 2021, an estimated 35.6 million adults 18 years or older (14.5%), used tobacco products, with more than one in nine (11.5%) of U.S. adults using cigarettes.. • People who identify as male use commercial tobacco products at a rate of 24.1%, which is higher than those who identify as female. For cigarette smoking specifically, 13.1% of people who identify as males smoke, compared to that 10.1% of those who identify as female. • Prevalence of any commercial tobacco product in 2021 shows that adults ages 25 – 44 (22.1%) and 45 – 64 (21.1%) had the highest rates of use. Following this sociodemographic, studies have shown that commercial tobacco use was highest among those who have less then 12 years of education (20.1%), have a lower annual income (18.3%), live in rural areas (26.2%), identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community (27.4%) and are living with one or more mental health disorders (37.6%).