Is certain scientifically:

Tobacco products are the only one freely available trade products which lead to illness and death at consumption as agreed in great scale. Smoking is therefore the most important avoidable single risk factor for illness and death. Not smoking but lies more and more in the trend. Reasons are the growing health consciousness of the people and the meanwhile high costs which smoking causes. Also teenagers decide amplifiedly not to smoke. The smoker quota went back at the 12-till 17-year from 28 to 20 per cent back between 2001 and 2005. Nevertheless far too many people still reach for the fags and people endanger himself more samely and more otherly with that.

Danger: Passive smoking

Passive smoking is health harmful and even can lead to deaths to illnesses and in the consequence, these facts are proved scientifically in the meantime.

According to a new essay the pollutants already get every year more than 170 000 newborn childs in the womb smokers approximately live for tobacco smoke interrupted, over 8 million children and teenager in a household with at least one less than 18 years. In the adult population get more than 35 million non-smoker at home, loaded with the pollutants of passive smoke at the workplace or in her leisure time. At the workplace about 8.5 million non-smokers alone are still exposed to passive smoke. Passive smoking causes a number of acute and chronic illnesses. Passive smoke irritates the respiratory tract acutely and can lead headaches and swindle to short windededness at physical strain, increased liability. These symptoms can already appear at short-time load. Passive smoke, however, also is con-responsible for the development of chronic illnesses with death consequence, like e.g. lung cancer and the koronare heart condition.    

For children the passive smoking is still without of mature organism particularly dangerously due to hers. Children who grow up in a household with smokers more frequently than her contemporaries living in non-smoking households suffer from respiratory tract illnesses.

For much very surprising fact this one is solid fine dust load which is accompanied by glowing cigarettes one. In an experiment it could be shown that these surpass even the fine dust issues of a diesel engine by a multiple.

Effective: Smokeless public utilities

Unlike Germany smokeless facilities and increasingly also smokeless catering trade consist in many other countries of the European community or the Europaregion of the world health organization. About 80 per cent of the not smokers, more than 70 per cent of the former smokers and 25 per cent of the active smokers declare themselves in favor of completely smokeless restaurants in Germany. These altogether are about 60 per cent of the population. This result of a nationwide prestigious interview has announced the German cancer resarch center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg in March.

Questioned got more than 2.000 men and women as of 16 years. The same questions were already asked to the Dieter Mennekes environmental foundation a year before in the order in cooperation with the non-smokers' initiative Germany registered association. A comparison makes this one results of both years clear according to DKFZ from 53 to about 60 per cent that the acceptance of smokeless restaurants rises further in all social groups last. Therefore no sales volume losses have to be expected if Germany would follow the examples of other European countries like Italy, Spain, Ireland, England, Scotland and the Scandinavian countries and make possible for smokeless restaurants either.

Longer live without cigarette

"belongs give up smoking -- to the simplest things at all I must I have known it it done one thousand times, then ". With irony the writer Mark Twain commented on his innumerable vain attempts to get away from smoking. People actually make this only few one without support. U. a. can the reasons be found in the effects of the nicotine:

Nicotine leads to a tolerance development (dose increase or effect reduced). A strong wish or impulse arises for smoking, this isn't staunched, withdrawal appearances can adapt so. The smoke consumption cannot be checked in every situation. This can lead the task of activities up to the neglect or cooked in favor of smoking.  

Despite the knowledge around the harmful results of smoking you smoke further.

Killer number one

Smoking still puts early mortality the most important single health risk and the leading cause. No other semi-luxury items and no other environmental pollutant cause so many for illness and for smoking deaths like this!

The lung cancer risk is more highly already daily when smoking of one to ten cigarettes in comparison with non-smokers ten times.

In addition, smoker is more endangered to get an artery calcification (arteriosclerosis) as well as to suffer from a heart attack or a stroke.

Tobacco dependence can already arise after smoking irregularly for the short term already in the child and adolescence.

The half of all lifelong smokers dies of the results of the tobacco consumption.

In the average a smoker loses approx. 8 years of his life.

Every year die in Germany more than 350 people of the results of the tobacco consumption.

Smoking during the pregnancy can lead to miscarriages and babies with a too low birth weight.

Stopping however how?

There are well many reasons to stop smoking. But, often, the firm will of the still smoker alone doesn't suffice here. More than 40 per cent of the German smokers already have a grave on hearing test behind himself but only three to five per cent finally makes it without support. The withdrawal appearances and the desire for nicotine let most fail. Most frequent relapse reasons from view of the persons affected were stress situations and in the environment smoking. Only about 5% indicated withdrawal difficulties as a relapse cause. The increase in weight frequently led into the field also hasn't played any important role as a relapse cause. To make the nicotine withdrawal easier for heavy smokers, there are different possibilities today. Certain forms of self-help materials, professional advice and treatment as well as pharmacological therapies prove effective.

Fat after withdrawal?
According to studies it can come to a slight increase in weight to an to wean. Men gain therefore, for Mesdames for about four Kilogramm in about three within 5 years smoke abstinence. After a withdrawal the body must surround himself first and get used to the missing nicotine. Smoking means a kind of weight control because nicotine increases the energy consumption and impedes the appetite. This also explains why many cured smokers put on to weight  soon. The more continuously hungry feeling is part of the withdrawal appearances, however, subsides after three to four weeks. By regular movement and conscious diet you can keep or completely prevent the increase in weight in limits. And considering you: Moderate overweight is charging for your health of some as smoking!

Not smoking is one normally defines 
The end of the to wean best so perhaps: Not smoking gets so normal, like smoking it was before. The withdrawal symptoms are then defeated. However, this doesn't exclude, that, in between times, cravings for the tobacco appear still. Certain situations and triggers encourage to light a cigarette for themselves here and there again. The danger to smoke again increases with that. With different methods, however, you can resist the blue haze durably. Try it with autosuggestion. Motivate yourself daily to the renunciation. You have the first weeks and are, come through months once, you but unite step further but you cannot sure feel so fast yet. You start your "by hold program" at once best!

Away from the nicotine

Two important components of the nicotine addiction: The physical and emotional dependence. If one wants to get away from the addiction, then both must be handled. Researchers assume today that the form of the nicotine dependence is very individual. It no recipe for success gives the handle for this, himself to the cigarette give up. Everybody to which end wants to make with smoking must find the right method for himself. Who is insecure should let help with a doctor search and advise himself. To wean will smokers have greater success chances for himself, if she over the first cigarette free weeks and months with nicotine substitute substances helping away. Besides this substitute therapy there are also behavior therapeutical measures. Describes or "wean methods for smoking" from the seminars of all Carr, this one in his popular book.

There is end now!
If many want to do it, only some can: stopping tomorrow from today. 85 per cent of the smokers wants this. But the blue haze forms her of the handle. Only four of one hundred smokers make it, himself escape for the rest of her life of him. This shouldn't be a reason not to try it anyway! Intend a particular day for stopping. It is ideal at the weekend. You completely can concentrate on not smoking so. It is helpful, if you let all cigarettes and ashtrays disappear from your field of vision. When and think over you, you lead a "smoker diary" and smoke you as many in which situations? You can therefore find the suitable method more easily for yourself.

Smokeless zone?
Who together with smokers goes into a room which smokes automatically? The dangers of the passive smoking don't have to be underestimated: Also who doesn't pull at the cigarette has an increased risk to get heart conditions or lung cancer when breathing in side current smoke regularly. It becomes assumed that 300 die every year to 400 people by passive smoking to lung cancer in Germany. In side current smoke, of for example carcinogenic nit pink mines, the concentration is more than principal current smoke inhaled a hundred times more highly than in this directly. Smoke in a room therefore leads to irritations of the muscous membranes at least and can cause headaches, cough and dizzy turns.

Not smoking is in!
This is already long walk in the USA and would give. The number of the non-smokers increases also in Germany. Leads to believe in the advertising anyway: The smoker is positive, sociable and successful type, smoking a consumption. Tobacco is a legal drug and accepts socially. And nevertheless: Smoking is out. It is scientifically proved that tobacco smoke damages the health. The intensive informing about the risks of smoking but didn't lead to success chopping through but the damaging effect is taken seriously. Smoking bans at workplaces, in public transport and at generally public places increase.  

Why do smokers smoke?

The image of the smokers permanently deteriorates. According to the world health organization 5.5 trillions cigarettes are nevertheless smoked every year. This corresponds to a year consumption of 1.000 cigarettes per head of the world population. It is alone more than 132 billions cigarettes in Germany per annum. The cigarette consumption has worldwide increased drastically in the 20th century. The Indians used tobacco as a cult drug. With the "peace-pipe" friendships and peace agreement were sealed. Similar social aspects appreciate also many smokers today. Smoking makes contacts, a man offers a woman a cigarette to get to know her. Teenagers test the first cigarette to be appreciated with the friends. Some smokers but estimate the direct effect on the body, such as the calming cigarette to the quitting time. Others "simply need it" or prefer the fag after a good meal. But smoking endangers the health. And is smoking also an addiction.

Smokers have a risk (oral cavity cancer) increased clearly
"smoking provides for of a considerable and scientifically verifiable increase of the risk of illnesses in the oral cavity", her staff coach warns. Therefore we supported the action for soccer wms for a smokeless one in Germany. The number of the new illnesses at oral cavities and throat cancer growing every year as well as the risk for socket of a tooth or mouth muscous membrane illnesses increased clearly also are to put down to this, that about one third of the population still smokes. explains Mercedes "about 7.650 men and .2950 women alone fall ill every year newly in Germany to tumors in the oral cavity or in the throat" and names alcohol consumption increased at the same time as a risk factor. Mouth and pine medicine regards it as an important measure to the prevention of oral cavity illnesses to warn risks of the blue haze in front of which insistently for the prevention oriented tooth-,. 

NICOSIA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Children in Cyprus have alarming levels of nicotine in their blood, researchers said on Monday, highlighting passive smoking as a threat to development.

The Health Ministry found traces of metabolised nicotine, known as cotinine, in the saliva of 94 percent of children from non-smoking households and 97 percent of all surveyed children. Eighteen percent of children aged between 4 and 8 showed high levels of the substance, the researchers said, citing a study of 71 households. "The fact that children who lived in a non-smoking environment had cotinine suggests it is in their broader environment, like relatives' homes or other areas," said Stella Michaelidou, director of the State Laboratory.

"It is a pilot survey but the results are too significant to ignore," she said.

"Children have a unique sensitivity to their environment because they are still developing. There is an important need to protect and prevent exposure to harmful chemicals," Michaelidou added. Cyprus ranks 17th among EU member states for smoking prevalence, according to 2003 figures from the World Health Organisation, but Cypriot males are the bloc's 6th heaviest smokers. About 42 percent of households contain a smoker. The island banned smoking in public places in 2002, but the law is not strictly followed and smokers still puff away in bars and nightclubs. Parliament is debating ways to tighten the law for a blanket ban on smoking in all public places.

Da dürfte so manchem Raucher die Lust am Inhalieren vergehen: Zigaretten enthalten Hunderte verschiedener Bakterienarten, wie die Analyse von Glimmstengeln vier großer Hersteller zeigt - darunter Produkte von Camel, Marlboro, Kool und Lucky Strike. Demnach tummeln sich unter den zahllosen Keimen auch viele Krankheitserreger.