Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

What do you think the number one killer in the United States is? The answer: tobacco use. Deaths from tobacco use in 2000 beat the total number of deaths from obesity with an astonishing 435,000 deaths. This also beat the total number of deaths by alcohol use, microbial agents, toxic agents, motor vehicle accidents/collisions, firearm use, sexual behavior, and illicit drug use (Marshall). So if smoking is the number one killer, shouldn’t we take steps to reduce the number of smokers? One small,…

skin. With knowing what the traditional cigarette does to the body, there has been many developments to decrease the health effects and even assists people to abandon smoking completely. One development that developed to decrease the side effects of the traditional cigarette is an electronic smoking device. This method of smoking reduces the effects of the traditional cigarette without actually picking one up. E-cigarettes, electronic cigarette, was introduced to North America in 2007.…

withdrawal. My father who was a smoker by the age of 14, went through this process when he was at the age of 27 because he did not want his smoking to affect him or his children. Despite him smoking for 13 years, it still has a minor affect on him to this day, for he at times has slight chest pains due to heavy coughing. One may not realize the huge consequences smoking has on their body at first, but in due time, it will begin showing in any possible way such as in teeth decay, lung problems,…

question, why isn’t Marijuana legal? “Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States and kills more people than HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, car accidents, suicides, and murders combined.” According to the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Cigarettes kill six million people a year and according to the World Health Organization by 2030, smoking cigarettes is expected to kill up to eight million people a year. Smoking also causes a number of health…

One of the most repulsive acts a person commits is smoking. Having all of those carcinogens going into your body is like a death sentence. To top it off, people who smoke publicly affect their peers. Having designated smoking areas in public places would reduce the risk of second hand smoking. There are too many health risks that affect victims of secondhand smoke. Smoking areas would not only lessen the amount of people affected by secondhand smoke, but it would also decrease the number of…

problems, nervousness, depression and a tendency toward health-damaging behavior” (Womens Health, n.d.). However, for the pregnant woman, it leaves her more prone to infertility, Spontaneous abortion, or potential risk of low birth weight, “prenatal tobacco exposure may not only be related to size deficits at birth, but may also be associated with disproportionate weight (for height) among both infants and young children” (Cornelius & Day,…

cigarette smoking in public areas, non-smokers should either choose a different area that is strictly non-smoking or try to stay as far away from the…

Smoking can cause autoimmune diseases such as Crohn’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis. In particular, smoking can double a persons’ risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. Tobacco use can also be accredited for the periodic flare-ups of particular symptoms and signs of certain autoimmune diseases. Recently, smoking cigarettes has been linked to type two diabetes, which is also known as adult-onset diabetes. Research shows that those who smoke are 30% to 40% more likely to develop type than…

become ever more the focus for smoking prevention strategies among adolescents in high school. In one year alone between 2013 and 2014, the percentage and total number of students smoking e-cigarettes tripled from 4.5 to 13.4 percent of students and 660,000 to 2 million teenagers, respectively (Centers for Disease Control, 2015). E-cigarette use for the first time exceeded over the use of every other tobacco product, including conventional cigarettes. The behavior of smoking electronic…

disease (Tubach, 2013, p2). Since older adults experience higher risks of chronic disease, including COPD (Healthy People, 2017), it is essential for them to actively modify their lifestyle, such as avoiding smoking (WHO, 2017). Conversely, the chronic care model is directed towards prevention of disease and complications; thus, maintaining patients’ quality of life. Effective chronic care is measured by how well the patient can self-manage their disease daily. For a successful improvement in…