Smokeaholics – Emerging Trend

Growing urbanization today has brought significant changes in our life, from high skyscrapers, to smooth roads, shopping hubs and many more it’s contribution in our life is countless. This is one side of the coin as the old men say, the grass is greener on the other side, the ill- effect of such blessings has also brought health hazards to our life. There are two terms that we encounter frequently Smokeaholic and Alcoholic. Both of these terms are life taking, but smokeaholic is considered to be more deadly. The study states that there are plethora reasons for some one to become smokeaholic. With development spreading like jungle fire so has the consumption of tobacco, the consumption shoot up from 4.7 million tonnes in 1971 to 7.8 million tonnes in 1997 ( source below ), however the stats reveal that growth is more pronounce in developing countries rather developed countries.

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In developed countries tobacco consumption declined by 0.2 percent annually while in developing countries it increased by 3.1 percent annually. making a net increase in consumption to approximately 2 percent. Aggregate consumption of tobacco has declined in developed countries in recent time and is recorded to be 0.2 percent per year, the reason seems to be growing awareness for health, also government imposes heavy taxes on these products making the net cost very high, asking it consumption to go down. On the contrary the developing countries show a large consumption for such tobacco products and is recorded at 5 percent per annum approximately. The primary reasons for such high consumption rate could me many but two are worth mentioning, first the low level of health awareness, secondly in developing countries government imposes a healthy tax so that it can generate revenue from it, keeping it too high would effect its consumption reducing revenue generation.

There are mushroom number of other reasons why people become smokeaholic, it could be habit, psychological pressure etc etc. What ever be the reson is the concern is becoming an alcoholic is better than smokeaholics reason being an individual does not consume alcohol daily while on an average smokeaholics consume nearly 9-10 cigarettes per day.

The data has been compiled from here

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