{"id":18272,"date":"2025-05-28T12:12:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T10:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/?p=18272"},"modified":"2025-06-17T09:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:56:46","slug":"up-in-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/archives\/18272","title":{"rendered":"Up in smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18272\" class=\"elementor elementor-18272\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-161c0e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"161c0e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9d03ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b9d03ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">World No Tobacco Day on 31 May is a reminder of the health risks of smoking, and how quitting the habit can add years to your life expectancy. <\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e339fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e339fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>South Africa faces a significant tobacco and nicotine addiction crisis, with alarming usage rates across age groups. According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2021 and the South African Department of Health, 29% of adults over 18 and 23,9% of youth aged 15-24 use tobacco products. Additionally, 18% of the population suffers involuntary exposure to second-hand smoke.<\/p><p>Vaping has also emerged as a particular concern among younger South Africans, with research published in The Lancet\u2019s EClinicalMedicine portal revealing that 16,8% of high-school pupils reported vaping in the 30 days prior to the survey. This prevalence increased to 29,5% among matriculants, with some schools reporting vaping rates as high as 46%.<\/p><p>A survey by the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) found approximately one in five people (19%) with no prior smoking history began smoking traditional cigarettes after using e-cigarettes.<\/p><p>Tobacco use significantly increases the risk of serious health conditions, including (but not limited to) lung cancer, heart disease and stroke. But quitting brings the promise of renewed health.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3192269 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3192269\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Quit-smoking-1-686x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18321\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Quit-smoking-1-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Quit-smoking-1-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Quit-smoking-1-768x1146.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Quit-smoking-1-1029x1536.jpg 1029w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Quit-smoking-1-1372x2048.jpg 1372w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Quit-smoking-1.jpg 1438w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47ae9f8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47ae9f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0156933 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0156933\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sources <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b962a6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b962a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tobacco Control Data Initiative, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/southafrica.tobaccocontroldata.org\/en\/home\/prevalence\/#:~:text=Gender%20and%20Agein%20Cigarette%20Prevalence&amp;text=In%202021%2C%2036.9%25%20of%20male,of%2032.0%25%20(~451%2C000).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tobaccocontroldata.org<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>SA Department of Health, <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/knowledgehub.health.gov.za\/system\/files\/2024-06\/2021%20GATS%20SA%20Presentation%20by%20SAMRC%2013%20June%202024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Department of Health<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p>The Cancer Association of South Africa,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <span style=\"color: #ffff00; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/cansa.org.za\/files\/2023\/08\/South-African-E-cigarette-Survey-2022-CANSA-Slides-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/cansa.org.za\/ <\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div style=\"display:flex; gap:10px;justify-content:center\" class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend\">\n\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18272?action=genpdf&amp;id=18272\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"width:auto; height:45px;\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World No Tobacco Day on 31 May is a reminder of the health risks of smoking, and how quitting the habit can add years to your life expectancy. 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