Government has recently taken series of steps to minimise cigarette smoking and tabacco chewing by people as these are injurious to health. (i) List at least one step taken by government to aware people about harmful effects of cigarette smoking and tabacco chewing.
(ii) What is passive smoking?
(iii) List at least one chronic disease that occurs due to continuous use of tobacco.
Answers
Answer:
passive smoking is the inhalation of smoke,called secondhand smoke.it happens when tobacco comes out in environment, causing inhalation by people within that environment.
chronic disease like arthritis
asthma etc
COPD is caused due to Smoking/Chewing Tobacco
Explanation:
a.) Steps were taken by the government for minimizing Smoking and tobacco chewing -
1) High quality stop smoking services
2) Campaigns and marketing strategies
3) Smoke-free homes and cars
4) Enforcing smoke- free legislation
b.) When a person standing next to a person smoking cigarette/chewing tobacco, breathes in the same tobacco smoke atmosphere, it is termed as passive smoking.
c.) One of the chronic diseases caused due to Smoking/chewing tobacco is COPD or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, which is related to the Lungs.