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UGANDA & TOBACCO TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Health facts brought to you by Uganda Parliament & University of Southern California Institute for Global Health What do you know about tobacco?

1.

If you smoke a pack a day for 1 year, it will cost about: a.

$500 b.

$700 c. $1,000 d. $2,000 2.

Which of the following chemicals are found in cigarette smoke a. Ammonia (in household cleaners).

b. Benzene (in insect poison and gasoline).

c. Formaldehyde (preserves corpses).

d. All of the above.

3.


Safe, non-­addictive alternatives to smoking cigarettes are: a. Smokeless tobacco (snuff or dip).

b.

Cigars.

c. Bidis, or clove cigarettes.

d. None of the above.

4.

What can help you manage nicotine cravings in a healthy way?

a.

Drink a lot of coffee.

b.

Eat sweets when you want to smoke c. Eat several small meals during the day instead of one or two large ones.

d. Just use tobacco once in a while, if the cravings get really intense.
QUIZ ANSWERS 1. c, 2. d, 3. d, 4. c LEADERS FIT FOR A NATION Tobacco Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the world.

Over 5 million people die from tobacco every year.

Don’t be one of them.

UGANDA YOUTH • 16.6% of students currently use any form of tobacco; 5.5% currently smoke cigarettes; 13.9% currently use some other form of tobacco.
• Second-­‐hand smoke exposure is high – 1 in 5 students live in homes where others smoke, and close to half the students are exposed to smoke around others outside of the home; 11.5% of students have at least one parent who smokes.

TOBACCO FACTS TOBACCO POLICY HEALTH WARNING LABELS • Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the world.

• 5 million + people die from tobacco every year -­‐ most deaths occur in low-­‐ and middle-­‐income countries.
• Tobacco kills 1 out of every 2 lifelong smokers.

Smokers’ lives are 10 years shorter than nonsmokers’.

• Tobacco smokers get addicted to nicotine, making it hard to quit.

In addition to causing heart disease, stroke, and lung disease, tobacco use causes cancer in many parts of the body, including the lungs, throat, bladder, and stomach.
• Non-­‐smokers exposed to tobacco smoke are at risk of developing diseases, including cancer and heart disease in adults and chronic lung problems, such as asthma, in children.

No level of tobacco smoke exposure is safe.

• Tobacco growers suffer from many diseases caused by handling tobacco plants and exposure to pesticides.

One example is green tobacco sickness, which causes nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness, and severe weakness.
In 2007, Uganda became a party to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

This treaty outlines what the nation must do to protect its citizens from the harms of tobacco including tobacco advertising bans, smoke-­‐free public places, tobacco taxes, large health warnings on packages, and cessation programs.
Warning labels on cigarette packages, like this one, have been found to inform smokers about the health hazards of smoking, encourage smokers to quit, and prevent nonsmokers from starting to smoke.

6 POLICIES TO REVERSE THE TOBACCO EPIDEMIC 1.

Monitor tobacco use & prevention policies 2.

Protect people from tobacco smoke 3.

Offer help to quit tobacco use 4.

Warn about tobacco dangers 5.

Enforce advertising bans 6.


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Donec augue For more information on tobacco, visit WWW.WHO.INT/TOPICS/TOBACCO WWW.CDC.GOV/TOBACCO Morbi aliquet Information in this brochure was taken from: World Health Organization, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and ucanquit2.org.