Quit smoking

Tobacco is injurious to your health!!!
Mubin Noray, in his late 30s has been recently diagnosed with throat cancer and has only four month to live. He is married, has a 9 yr old and a 3 yr old daughter and lives in Shoreline (Seattle’s west side). His throat and tongue had to be removed couple of months ago to prevent the spread of cancer and he can only be fed through the opening above his chest. Mubin is mute, but can communicate very well through writing. He is also extremely mobile (he opened the door for us when we went to visit him and later served us tea) and is very alert-minded.

Now and some years ago:

Mubin is a Civil Engineer by profession and was working towards his MBA at UW when the misery struck. It’s been months since he ate any thing or spoke any word, but he has a strong message for us – “Please don’t smoke or chew tobacco”. He is indeed a very brave and courageous person to open up to the world and let others learn from his mistakes.
Mubin’s wish, in the remaining time that he has, is to reach out and save others from this ill, agonizing-death-bound habit of consuming tobacco. What he is going through is not bearable, and impacts not only one’s own self, but the entire family, both their present and future. So the sooner one realizes this, the quicker one would come to the conclusion that tobacco usage is not worth it, at all!

Mubin Noray, 39 was born and raised up in a very prominent family of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. His family has a very successful construction business in Tanzania. He was Youngest in a family of six siblings, very loved and quite pampered , got away with many pranks in his childhood. He went to ‘Upanga Primary school’ and got his high school diploma from ‘Shabaan Robert High school’. To do his bachelor’s degree he went to India, and got his Civil engineering degree from Banglore University. India.
He had a dream of coming to the US to study. He was working towards his MBA at Seattle Pacific University, U.S.A. when the misery struck.
He is Very outgoing and friendly. Had a large friend circle. Very active in school activities especially student bodies and organizations (in college) .
He has been recently diagnosed with throat cancer and is undergoing treatment. He is married, has a 9 yr old and a 3 yr old daughter and lives in Shoreline (Seattle’s west side). His throat and tongue had to be removed couple of months ago to prevent the spread of cancer and he can only be fed through the opening above his chest. Mubin is mute, but can communicate very well through writing. He is also extremely mobile (he opened the door for us when we went to visit him and later served us tea) and is very alert-minded.
Mubin’s wish, in the remaining time that he has, is to reach out and save others from this ill, agonizing-death-bound habit of consuming tobacco. What he is going through is not bearable, and impacts not only one’s own self, but the entire family, both their present and future. So the sooner one realizes this, the quicker one would come to the conclusion that tobacco usage is not worth it, at all! click here to watch the video. Update : Mubin died on June 22nd 2006.

Benefits Over Time?

20 minutes after quitting: Your blood pressure drops to a level close to that before the last cigarette. The temperature of your hands and feet increases to normal.
(US Surgeon General’s Report,1988, pp. 39, 202)

8 hours after quitting: The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
(US Surgeon General’s Report,1988, p. 202)

24 hours after quitting: Your chance of a heart attack decreases.
(US Surgeon General’s Report,1988, p. 202)

2 weeks to 3 months after quitting: Your circulation improves and your lung function increases up to 30%.
(US Surgeon General’s Report, 1990, pp.193,194,196,285,323)

1 to 9 months after quitting: Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny hair like structures that move mucus out of the lungs) regain normal function in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce infection.
(US Surgeon General’s Report, 1990, pp. 304, 307, 319, 322)

1 year after quitting: The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker’s.
(US Surgeon General’s Report, 1990, p. vi)

5 years after quitting: Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker 5-15 years after quitting.
(US Surgeon General’s Report, 1990, p.79)

10 years after quitting: The lung cancer death rate is about half that of a continuing smoker’s. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decrease.
(US Surgeon General’s Report, 1990, p.110, 147, 152, 155, 159,172)

15 years after quitting: The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a nonsmoker’s.
(US Surgeon General’s Report, 1990, p.79)