Smoking Downfall in Society & How it can be Solved
Introduction
Autonomy is a principle stating that people should be able to make their own decisions; whether right or wrong, people have the right to do this. Smoking, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), is the leading cause of preventable death in the world and yet the word ‘preventable’ can be oblivious to people at the best of time or can be just as easily ignored. It could be argued that smoking reduces stress, supresses the appetite and helps other problems but in actual fact, this argument wouldn’t win because the scientific evidence is there to support that smoking has harmful effects on the health of people, including death. Due to the fact that people are autonomous, …show more content…
As mentioned already, people can make their own decisions about whether or not they want to smoke but who is protecting the people that choose not to succumb to health problems associated with smoking? Although the government has banned smoking in public facilities, there are still people smoking up and down the streets, waiting for the bus and even smoking in the home. Smokers don’t understand the risk they put everyone else in majority of the time. Second hand smoke, also called environmental tobacco smoke, is a combination of mainstream smoke and side-stream smoke. Mainstream is the smoke inhaled by the smoker and exhaled back out into the air and side-stream is the smoke from the burning end of the cigarette, which is in actual fact more dangerous that mainstream smoke. Smokers actually only inhale 15% of the smoke and thus, 85% of it is in the air. Passive smokers are just as much, if not more, at harm of smoking health effects as …show more content…
However, the use of alternatives helps to reduce the risks and have some benefit on the health of smokers, non-smokers and/or the environment. By using Nicorette products, the whole community is benefited and not just the smokers and the use of electronic cigarettes bring about more good than harm for the time being. According to the WHO, more people died from tobacco-related illnesses in the 20th century than they did in both World Wars; figures like this don’t lie and the world will eventually bring this number down by finding more alternatives in the future. Organisations and people will not quit in their efforts to help smokers quit whether it is endorsing products to wean them off cigarettes or the shocking
Introduction
Autonomy is a principle stating that people should be able to make their own decisions; whether right or wrong, people have the right to do this. Smoking, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), is the leading cause of preventable death in the world and yet the word ‘preventable’ can be oblivious to people at the best of time or can be just as easily ignored. It could be argued that smoking reduces stress, supresses the appetite and helps other problems but in actual fact, this argument wouldn’t win because the scientific evidence is there to support that smoking has harmful effects on the health of people, including death. Due to the fact that people are autonomous, …show more content…
As mentioned already, people can make their own decisions about whether or not they want to smoke but who is protecting the people that choose not to succumb to health problems associated with smoking? Although the government has banned smoking in public facilities, there are still people smoking up and down the streets, waiting for the bus and even smoking in the home. Smokers don’t understand the risk they put everyone else in majority of the time. Second hand smoke, also called environmental tobacco smoke, is a combination of mainstream smoke and side-stream smoke. Mainstream is the smoke inhaled by the smoker and exhaled back out into the air and side-stream is the smoke from the burning end of the cigarette, which is in actual fact more dangerous that mainstream smoke. Smokers actually only inhale 15% of the smoke and thus, 85% of it is in the air. Passive smokers are just as much, if not more, at harm of smoking health effects as …show more content…
However, the use of alternatives helps to reduce the risks and have some benefit on the health of smokers, non-smokers and/or the environment. By using Nicorette products, the whole community is benefited and not just the smokers and the use of electronic cigarettes bring about more good than harm for the time being. According to the WHO, more people died from tobacco-related illnesses in the 20th century than they did in both World Wars; figures like this don’t lie and the world will eventually bring this number down by finding more alternatives in the future. Organisations and people will not quit in their efforts to help smokers quit whether it is endorsing products to wean them off cigarettes or the shocking