Posts Tagged ‘Tobacco’
Plus Minus of Cigarates
all citizens over the world commemorate the Day Without Tobacco, Smoke Free Day for 24 hours, Day Stop Smoking. The goal was just one against cigarettes, which many mudharatnya than benefits. In Indonesia, many events continue digencarkan action against tobacco. Start a discussion dangers of smoking, tobacco-free children forum, social action, seminars, dialogue, distributing brochures, photo contest, sympathetic action in which a cigarette in exchange for an orange. Even the emergence of illicit cigarettes fatwa issued by Muhammadiyah, although until now no clear outcome.
Even PT Pfizer Indonesia, held a campaign initiated by Break Free Regional. This campaign, to support smokers who want to quit smoking. This step is done Pfizer since 2007, providing integrated solutions to help smokers who want to quit smoking. opening a consultation booth at area offices, malls. In 2008, launched a consultation dangers of smoking cars are willing circumference the city only to campaign for the impact of hazards of smoking to health, environment and society. Also, in 2009 held a program with the help Quitters Are the Champions
18 were smokers, who successfully quit smoking.
Without Tobacco Smoke Damaged DNA and Enzymes
Smokeless tobacco, it turns out, also has a bad effect not only for the mouth but also have an impact on enzyme function. According to reports monthly journal Chemical Research in Toxicology, published by the American Chemical Society, tobacco affects the function of an important group of enzymes found in nearly every organ in the body.This enzyme plays an important role in the production of hormones, including sex hormones estrogen and testosterone, the production of cholesterol and vitamin D, as well as help the body break down toxic substances. Smokeless tobacco is also damaging the genetic material in the liver, kidneys, and lungs.
Krishan Khanduja and colleagues noted the harmful effects of tobacco use without any of the mouth, including increased risk of gum disease and oral cancer. Carcinogens and other chemicals result of chewing tobacco will be absorbed into the blood and circulate throughout the body. However, scientists have little information about the effects of smokeless tobacco on the part of the body. To fill this knowledge gap, researchers evaluated changes in enzymes and genetic material that occurs in mice in the laboratory with smokeless tobacco extract. They also found that smokeless tobacco extracts alter the function of group-450 enzyme called CYP enzymes. The majority of tobacco users did not realize its impact. “The use of tobacco to ‘treat’ dental pain, headache, and abdominal pain only a false impression,” the report said. Use of smokeless tobacco increased not only among adults. But also children, adolescents, women, and immigrants from South Asia.
Growth Effects of Tobacco Industry
Growth effects of tobacco industry will affect the growth of the industry that directly and indirectly related. This type of industry that is directly related, the tobacco industry basket, rigen (drying equipment), and the tobacco industry chopper machine. While other industries are also influenced, although not directly related to cover, industry groups of food, clothing, chemicals and building materials, metals and electronics and handicrafts. The types of industry would receive a positive impact, that activity will move when the tobacco products industry increased. The increase was experienced not only at harvest, but when farmers began working the land, to plant, nurture and cultivate. Because at this level the real sector has started moving.
In the trade sector also experienced a positive effect by formal and informal traders, such as street vendors and hawkers. Informal traders as a marginal group, whose numbers are relatively many, will increase the turnover of marketing. Today, because of job opportunities is still a big problem that needs to be solved by the government, the informal traders into the basic capital. The characteristics of the informal sector is labor intensive, simple technology, low labor qualifications, there is no guarantee of business law and not protected. Based on these characteristics of the informal sector need to be protected existence.
In the service sector, which receives the impact of the increase in the tobacco industry is, at the repair shop business, transportation, and retail. Including the tourism sector and the increase their activities, such as performing arts, crafts, printing, computer services and other software. This can happen because at the time of the tobacco industry engaged, people’s purchasing power will increase.
Other Benefits of Tobacco Leaves
Manufacture of Tobacco or tobacco processing industry (sliced) County Waterford has an important role in regional economic growth. The existence of these industry types are supported with adequate natural resources, namely County Waterford have morphological properties highlands and lowlands. Most latosol soil brown and yellowish red latosol lush, backed temperatures ranging from 20-30 0c suitable for tobacco cultivation. In a volatile economic situation, the tobacco industry can survive, even be able to contribute quite dominant. In its development, the economic aspect is still a major concern, because these industries have multiple economic effects that can not be ignored. Multi economic effects that can not be ignored, namely its existence affect the growth of industries other woods, including services, provision of business and employment. In theory, one purpose of development is, economic growth, employment and job creation. Therefore multi-product industries, the economic effects of tobacco can be considered as a phenomenon best to minimize the number of unemployed. Multi economic effect and this phenomenon should be policy-oriented strategy, that pertembakauan mostly cultivated by farmers in more rural areas to cope with job opportunities. More than that pertembakauan can stimulate the growth of other economic sectors. Now that is needed is a priority of fulfilling the needs of rural development as a producer of tobacco. Rural as a contributor to growth, should be given the opportunity to enjoy and accept the results of development that supports the production of tobacco. Policy on pertembakauan should bepihak in the interests of farmers. Regulation in any form should focus on creating a conducive business climate and protect all parties.