The hazards of smoking and the benefits of stopping (9.3MB) This PowerPoint presentation (which is fully scripted in the notes to each slide): describes the hazard for the individual cigarette smoker (half will eventually be killed by smoking if they continue; stopping works) summarises some epidemiological evidence that demonstrates those hazards (particularly Richard Doll’s 50-year study of smoking and death in British doctors) shows the effects of widespread cessation on national mortality rates in an entire country (the UK, which used to have the worst death rates in the world from smoking, but has in recent decades had the best decrease in the world in deaths from smoking contrasts the UK trends in deaths from smoking with the Polish trends (though the choice of comparator countries could vary by selecting slides from the country PPTs) Step-by-step guide to use PowerPoint presentation		Countries Australia Austria Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Canada Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta FYR Macedonia Moldova Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia & Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom United States Groupings All developed countries Central Asia (8 countries) European Union: EU25 (current) EU15 (pre-2004) EU10 (2004 accession)