Impact Paper on Tobacco use

Document Type:Research Paper

Subject Area:Nursing

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Tobacco also contains many harmful and poisonous substances that causes premature death and illness. The odds of getting sick due to tobacco use is very high. The smoke affects both the primary users and secondhand smokers. People who smoke tobacco expose themselves to several health complications including lung cancer that may have huge financial implications. (Michael, 2018) Problem overview Scientific knowledge concerning the health effects caused by tobacco use has greatly increased since the first surgeon report on tobacco was released in the year 1964. If the trend continues, 22% of people in the world will be smoking by 2020. People who smoke tobacco are both men and women, young and old, white and black, with poorly educated individuals smoking at a high rate. In the United Kingdom, there are over 23 million smokers and an estimate of 1.

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2 billion smokers worldwide. More than half of this population will die prematurely due to illness caused by smoking and will lose an overage of 8 years of their life. Conclusion Tobacco consumption is harmful to the human body. Smokers can get ill as well as the nonsmokers who are classified as secondhand smokers. The smoke can also affect infants and children at an early age and cause them to develop the complication. In order to achieve healthy people 2020, smoking of tobacco should be reduced. This can be achieved through an increase of price, legal restriction and non-advertising of the tobacco. Trends in cigarette smoking in the United States. The Epidemiology of Tobacco Use, 289. Rogers, E. promoting public Health Research Policy, Practice, and Education.

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