42,000 Thais Die From Smoking Annually

[LaoPo]

42,000 Thais die from smoking annually

BANGKOK, 30 May 2010 (NNT) –

About 42,000 Thai people die from smoking each year while Thai women are found to have a rising tendency to smoke, according to Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit.

Speaking at a seminar on ‘Women: Tobacco Industry’s Victims’ organized at MBK Center in Bangkok on the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day, 31 May, he said smoking is the world’s no.1 killer after hypertension. One out of every ten fatalities is caused by smoking.

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[bkkjames]

not to joke, perhaps if people didn't try to stop smoke there would be less cases of the number one killer according the minister - hypertension.

[needforspeed]

not to joke, perhaps if people didn't try to stop smoke there would be less cases of the number one killer according the minister - hypertension.

[Loz]

Not a joke, hypertension only kills one person. Check how many people die from secondary smoke inhalation...

[Naam]

Not a joke, hypertension only kills one person. Check how many people die from secondary smoke inhalation...

and check how many people die of old age

[bkkjames]

Not a joke, hypertension only kills one person. Check how many people die from secondary smoke inhalation...

Exactly, and how many die from air pollution caused by thousands and thousands of vehicles on our city streets?

[BigWheelMan]

my teeth are all yellow, and so is my tongue,

I breath through a kipper and call it a lung.

I'll give up the habit, I will even yet,

when I've had just one more cigarette

[gotlost]

I see that the Minister of Health is making all of SWAMPY a NO SMOKING ZONE. Inside and out.

[Maccheroncini]

I've given up the ciggies 4 years ago after almost 20 year of smoking. Todays I still want to smoke every now and then.

[evanson]

I've given up the ciggies 4 years ago after almost 20 year of smoking. Todays I still want to smoke every now and then.

Not if you'd read Alan Carr's 'Easy Way To Stop Smoking' you wouldn't. His book explains why 'addiction' to cigarettes is a myth perpetrated by cigarette companies to keep you 'hooked', and why you keep yourself 'addicted' to tobacco.

[wasabi]

Not a joke, hypertension only kills one person. Check how many people die from secondary smoke inhalation...

Exactly, and how many die from air pollution caused by thousands and thousands of vehicles on our city streets?

A walk down lower suk is like smoking a pack a day.

[twofortheroad]

my teeth are all yellow, and so is my tongue,

I breath through a kipper and call it a lung.

I'll give up the habit, I will even yet,

when I've had just one more cigarette

"Ain't because I don't smoke myself,

I don't reckon they hinder your health,

been smoking all my life and I ain't dead yet"

[bonobo]

Not a joke, hypertension only kills one person. Check how many people die from secondary smoke inhalation...

Exactly, and how many die from air pollution caused by thousands and thousands of vehicles on our city streets?

As you have posted this many times before when smoking is mentioned, I have to ask what a different pollutant has to do with the pollutant of smoking?  The topic here is smoking in Thailand and how many Thais die anually from it, not about pollution, obesity, lack of cancer screening, drunk driving, poor diets, or any other cause of early deaths.  

[bkkjames]

Not a joke, hypertension only kills one person. Check how many people die from secondary smoke inhalation...

Exactly, and how many die from air pollution caused by thousands and thousands of vehicles on our city streets?

As you have posted this many times before when smoking is mentioned, I have to ask what a different pollutant has to do with the pollutant of smoking?  The topic here is smoking in Thailand and how many Thais die anually from it, not about pollution, obesity, lack of cancer screening, drunk driving, poor diets, or any other cause of early deaths.  

It has nothing to do directly with it other than when the bi-monthly smoking is bad for you topic pops up, invariably the anti-smoking lobby jumps on board about 2nd hand smoke in some sort of witch hunt etc. I use the car analogy for comparison - since obviously we all care about everyone's health.

Don't sweat it though, I will just start a topic about air pollution and health effects in Thailand caused by automobiles and you guys can carry on your crusade.

[twofortheroad]

Two year old smoking

[Payboy]

Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit.

Shouldn't the honorable minister be doing something about the government owned Thai Tobacco Monopoly?

[tw25rw]

Don't sweat it though, I will just start a topic about air pollution and health effects in Thailand caused by automobiles and you guys can carry on your crusade.

It's an honourable crusade against a dishonourable industry.

[mogoso]

Those who die from smoking related causes have only themselves to blame if they are smokers. A two year old in Indonesia smoking two packs a day, that I've seen on Yahoo deserves better. Parents need to be arrested, overly fed little guy too.

[seanocasey]

Not a joke, hypertension only kills one person. Check how many people die from secondary smoke inhalation...

and check how many people die of old age

may not get there after the damage the cigs have caused, thankfully now free from the habit.

[enginerevision]

Breathing in Bangkok alone will cause you lung cancer 5555

[freethefour]

I always wonder with these facts how you can determine

if it was smoking alone that killed the person or a mixture

of other factors with smoking.

[Jangot]

Quote the topic title "42,000 Thais die from smoking annually"

Surely smoking once a year is not that dangerous ?

[elkangorito]

IMHO, all smokers should be given an award.

Since the world is clearly over populated at 7 billion http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop , smokers are doing their part to try to reduce this dangerous number

[Thongkorn]

There are over 200 00 people in the UK dieing every year from smoking or smoke related diseases, costing The NHS billions of pounds in self inflicted problems , and before people say what about my tax, you will never pay enough for hospital treatment and after care, So 42 000 does not seem a lot.

[tmwke]

my teeth are all yellow, and so is my tongue,

I breath through a kipper and call it a lung.

I'll give up the habit, I will even yet,

when I've had just one more cigarette

"Ain't because I don't smoke myself,

I don't reckon they hinder your health,

been smoking all my life and I ain't dead yet"

Give up smoking, Give up Beer, Give up tasty fat food ,Give up Thai Ladys. You will live forever and Die a sad old man.

[bonobo]

Not a joke, hypertension only kills one person. Check how many people die from secondary smoke inhalation...

Exactly, and how many die from air pollution caused by thousands and thousands of vehicles on our city streets?

As you have posted this many times before when smoking is mentioned, I have to ask what a different pollutant has to do with the pollutant of smoking? The topic here is smoking in Thailand and how many Thais die anually from it, not about pollution, obesity, lack of cancer screening, drunk driving, poor diets, or any other cause of early deaths.

It has nothing to do directly with it other than when the bi-monthly smoking is bad for you topic pops up, invariably the anti-smoking lobby jumps on board about 2nd hand smoke in some sort of witch hunt etc. I use the car analogy for comparison - since obviously we all care about everyone's health.

Don't sweat it though, I will just start a topic about air pollution and health effects in Thailand caused by automobiles and you guys can carry on your crusade.

And when you do start a post there, I will most likely agree with what you post. I mean, who can argue for automobile-caused air pollution?

As far as the "anti-smoking lobby witch hunt," does it really matter what some poster on TV posts about second-hand smoke? Are you that compelled to jump onboard on each smoking thread with comparisons to pollution caused by cars? Well, obviously you are, and that is OK. Just as it is OK for me to point out that just because one is bad does not alleviate the need to limit the other.

[morrobay]

42,000 ?? It seems like the real number is 2-3 times that much,

In the 1970 s the science journal 'Scientific American' published a study on preventabe causes of death in the U.S. anually.

500,000/yr died from smoking.

The population of the U.S. then was about 220,000,000

The population of Thailand 2009 was 65.000.000

The U.S. population was 3.38 times the Thai population

Given that about the same % of the population smoke, about 25%

You would expect at least 2.5 x 42,000 = 105.000 Thais having smoking related deaths/yr

[bkkjames]

42,000 ?? It seems like the real number is 2-3 times that much,

In the 1970 s the science journal 'Scientific American' published a study on preventabe causes of death in the U.S. anually.

500,000/yr died from smoking.

The population of the U.S. then was about 220,000,000

The population of Thailand 2009 was 65.000.000

The U.S. population was 3.38 times the Thai population

Given that about the same % of the population smoke, about 25%

You would expect at least 2.5 x 42,000 = 105.000 Thais having smoking related deaths/yr

I agree - it's terrible, now if only the Government's could give up their addiction to the taxes and just make it illegal.

[toybits]

I stopped smoking 18 years ago. Never looked back. Good to see more effort aimed at eliminating this dirty habit.

[morrobay]

42,000 ?? It seems like the real number is 2-3 times that much,

In the 1970 s the science journal 'Scientific American' published a study on preventabe causes of death in the U.S. anually.

500,000/yr died from smoking.

The population of the U.S. then was about 220,000,000

The population of Thailand 2009 was 65.000.000

The U.S. population was 3.38 times the Thai population

Given that about the same % of the population smoke, about 25%

You would expect at least 2.5 x 42,000 = 105.000 Thais having smoking related deaths/yr

Would you please delete the last line above and replace it with the more accurate 65/220 x 500000= 147,727 Thai deaths/yr