...Tobacco Use and Effects Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the US. According to the CDC, tobacco use kills over 480,000 people a year with 41,000 of these due to secondhand smoke. It also causes over 300 billion dollars in debt with combined medical bills and loss of productivity. In Tennessee alone 23.1% of adults are smokers and ranks as 46th for the most prevalent in each state. This is such a scary number because how expensive tobacco is and how easy it is to prevent the use of it. Many people have been able to stop using tobacco completely and it is very much possible to prevent so many people from dying if more precautions were put into place. There are many forms of tobacco that is used and all kinds are legal....
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...CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG YOUTH IN 21ST CENTURY. Key facts * Tobacco kills up to half of its users. * Tobacco kills nearly six million people each year, of which more than 5 million are users and ex users and more than 600 000 are nonsmokers exposed to second-hand smoke. Unless urgent action is taken, the annual death toll could rise to more than eight million by 2030. * Nearly 80% of the world's one billion smokers live in low- and middle-income countries. * Consumption of tobacco products is increasing globally, though it is decreasing in some high-income and upper middle-income countries. Leading cause of death, illness and impoverishment The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced. It kills nearly six million people a year of whom more than 5 million are users and ex users and more than 600 000 are nonsmokers exposed to second-hand smoke. Approximately one person dies every six seconds due to tobacco and this accounts for one in 10 adult deaths. Up to half of current users will eventually die of a tobacco-related disease. Nearly 80% of the more than one billion smokers worldwide live in low- and middle-income countries, where the burden of tobacco-related illness and death is heaviest. Tobacco users who die prematurely deprive their families of income, raise the cost of health care and hinder economic development. In some countries, children from poor households are frequently employed in tobacco farming...
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...Tobacco Control Policy 1/25/15 To: The Honorable Sylvia Mathews Burwell Office held: Cabinet Secretary Department of Health and Human Services From: Date: January 26, 2015 Re: Tobacco Control Policy: Use of Plain Packets for Cigarette The purpose of this memo is to propose a tobacco control policy. The health policy is expected to contribute towards prevention of notable effects resulting from tobacco use, especially smoking through reinforcing public awareness on the effects of cigarette smoking. Recommendations on policy implementation will also be offered. Summary/ Problem Statement Tobacco use, especially smoking has been attributed ample health conditions. World Health Organization identifies tobacco use as a core concern for public health, being one of the enormous threats to public health in the world. Despite the existence of public awareness programs, tobacco use continues to impact on our society economically, socially, and health wise. Therefore, it is time to introduce a more appropriate approach of passing the message to the peoplethat will complement the existing policies. The policy deals with cigarette packaging, where advertising images should be removed from cigarette packets and replaced with images passing health messages. Discussion Currently, cigarette manufacturers use the cigarette packet for advertisement, brand promotion, and some section for health message. Arguably, the health...
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... The business research that I chose for my paper is the reinforcement of smoking and drinking and how tobacco marketing strategies link themselves with alcohol in the United States. The reason I chose this topic is because I see this issue increasing within our society. The purpose of this research is to investigate tobacco companies’ awareness about concurrent use of tobacco and alcohol, their marketing strategies linking cigarettes with alcohol, and the benefits tobacco companies pursued from these marketing activities. Problems under Investigation Smoking remains the leading preventable cause of premature deaths in the United States, accounting for more than 440,000 deaths yearly. Alcohol consumption is the third-leading cause of deaths in the nation. Each year, approximately 79,000 deaths are caused by excessive alcohol use. The concurrent use of cigarettes and alcohol further increases risks for certain cancers, such as cancer of the mouth, throat, and esophagus. In addition, the use of both tobacco and alcohol makes it more difficult to quit either substance. The three basics issues are under investigation: 1. What tobacco companies knew about the association between drinking and smoking, especially about smokers’ drinking behaviors 2. How tobacco and alcohol companies developed cross promotions featuring cigarettes and alcohol 3. How tobacco companies linked cigarettes with alcohol in their marketing activities and the benefits they expected to gain...
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...studies have concluded smokeless tobacco is a safer alternative than smoking. Smokeless tobacco does not give off harmful effects to the environment or other people. Cigarette smoke can harm others since second hand smoke has been linked to lung disease. Smokeless tobacco should be used more than cigarettes, because it is less harmful than other tobacco products. Smoking harms a lot of people including children and adults, as well animals. By switching to smokeless tobacco products lives can save lives. Smokeless tobacco should be used more than cigarettes and other products. There are medical consequences of smoking and in the early stages of cancer it is hard to detect. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body (CDC)....
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...Jeff Sweitzer Composition ll Dr. Alex Morris Proposal Essay Cigarette Smoke It is obvious to all of us that tobacco is extremely harmful. Growing up in the culture that we do, the dangerous effects of tobacco are commonly known. Even with all of these warning signs, tobacco use is still extremely common around the world. Leah Diplacido a Ph.D. with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) reports that “438,000 deaths are attributed to cigarette smoking each year: an additional 38,000 deaths are caused by second hand smoke” (DiPlacido 1). This stat makes tobacco the number one preventable cause of death in the United States. Throughout my paper I am going to examine the effects tobacco has on the individual, the effects of second hand smoke, and discuss how quitting may be difficult. Following my examination of tobaccos dangers I will explain a solution that will help limit tobacco users as well give aid for those who are trying to quit the use of tobacco. We all know that tobacco smoke contains chemicals but do we know what these chemicals are and what they can do? The one chemical that people are familiar with is Nicotine. Nicotine is an extremely addictive ingredient of cigarettes. Nicotine plays the part of getting users “hooked”. Although nicotine is a dangerous chemical used in cigarettes there are a number of other chemicals to watch out for. The American Lung Association concluded, “Cigarette smoke contains over 7,000 chemicals, 69 of which are known to...
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...Nick Sylvester English 110 Dr. Christopher 11/4/2013 Tobacco Use Is it possible to place a given value on time? According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, smoking a single cigarette removes an estimated fourteen minutes from the average person’s lifespan. It should be obvious that time is precious and should not be thrown away after every cigarette. However, forty-three million people in the United States still make the decision to smoke habitually. In the modern American society, the dangerous of tobacco use has become moderately common knowledge. It is strongly reinforced through education, the media, and impacting examples. If an individual is given this knowledge, it is difficult to discover proper rationale for the desire or continuation of tobacco use. Despite the present facts, tobacco is still used by a mass amount of Americans, and remains to be one of the leading killers in the country. In spite of the efforts to raise awareness, exponential amounts of people still indulge in smoking and chewing tobacco. Tobacco may cause serious and fatal health risks for the user and those who may obtain it unintentionally from secondhand smoke, and may cause serious problems psychologically, physically, and hygienically. Smoking tobacco indisputably leads to many different health risks and seriously increases a person’s opportunity to develop a wide range of diseases. According to the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention, smoking damages...
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...becomes addicted to the most preventable cause of death, Smoking tobacco. Some may do it just because it seems cool, or because they want to fit in. However, they are totally unaware of the dangers of smoking tobacco because of the poor safety warnings on the back of every deadly carton. According to U.S. Senate of Massachusetts Edward M. Kennedy,” Nationally, cigarettes kill well over four hundred thousand people each year.” I strongly suggest that tobacco shouldn’t be legal because it’s bad for one’s health, and it can be the most preventable cause of someone’s death. Tobacco is one of the most deadliest, yet legal drugs known to mankind. According to CDC (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), “Smoking causes 443,000 deaths each year in the United States. 443,000. That’s more than the population of some small cities in America. Cigarettes take more lives than automobile accidents, alcohol abuse, illegal drugs, AIDS, murder, and suicide all combined. (Edward M. Kennedy). Tobacco contains nicotine which is one of the most addictive chemicals that exist. Nicotine is actually used to kill insects, and is more addictive than the illegal drug famously known as crack cocaine. But nicotine is just one of the many deadly chemicals in cigarettes. The deadly habit of smoking tobacco has actually existed for centuries. According to an article titled “Smoking” from 2010,” The dangers of tobacco were not always well known. It was smoked by early...
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... Today, about 240 families lost a loved one to a tobacco-related illness. That’s an estimated 87,600 deaths in a year. In 2011, the country earned around Php26 billion worth of taxes from the tobacco industry, while revenue from cigarette manufacturers amounted to approximately Php31 billion. How much does life cost? For each life lost to tobacco use, the tobacco industry earned Php353,881.28. Is it worth it? This does not even account for the annual health costs and productivity losses from tobacco-related deaths and diseases that range from Php148 billion to Php314 billion. No monetary equivalent can also be juxtaposed to the hours of painful treatment just to manage the diseases, nor the time and energy a family member spends to care for the loved one. More so, these numbers do not even reflect the pain of losing someone you love. But for decision-makers, these exact figures and immeasurable realities are not compelling enough to pass the necessary measures to reduce tobacco use. Instead, the most marginalized and the poorest sectors are pitted against each other to rationalize inaction - tobacco victims versus farmers, workers against children and youth. Life versus livelihood. The battle of the sectors has been the easiest tactic to muddle the discourse on amendments to excise taxation. What we fail to remember is that all of these sectors - farmers, urban poor, youth, children, and workers are the tobacco victims. They are the ones selling their produce at...
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...CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND I. Introduction The use of tobacco continues to be a major cause of health problems worldwide. There is currently an estimated 1.3 billion smokers in the world, with 4.9 million people dying because of tobacco use in a year. If this trend continues, the number of deaths will increase to 10 million by the year 2020, 70% of which will be coming from countries like the Philippines. (The Role of Health Professionals in Tobacco Control, WHO, 2005). The World Health Organization released a document in 2003 entitled Policy Recommendations for Smoking Cessation and Treatment of Tobacco Dependence. This document very clearly stated that as current statistics indicate, it will not be possible to reduce tobacco related deaths over the next 30-50 years unless adult smokers are encouraged to quit. Also, because of the addictiveness of tobacco products, many tobacco users will need support in quitting. Population survey reports showed that approximately one third of smokers attempt to quit each year and that majority of these attempts are undertaken without help. However, only a small percentage of cigarette smokers (1-3%) achieve lasting abstinence, which is at least 12 months of abstinence from smoking, using will power alone (Fiore et al 2000) as cited by the above policy paper. The policy paper also stated that support for smoking cessation or “treatment of tobacco dependence” refers to a range of techniques including motivation, advice...
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...ndjdcjjdjdj2012012222014 Due Date: September 26 2014 ndjdcjjdjdj2012012222014 Smoking is recognised as the largest single preventable cause of death and disease in Australia. It is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, emphysema, bronchitis, asthma, renal disease and eye disease. Tobacco contains the powerfully addictive stimulant nicotine, which can make smoking a regular and long-term habit that is not easy to quit (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2014). Statistics show that there is a tobacco-related death about every 28 minutes in Australia, adding up to more than 50 deaths each day (Australian Government, 2012). While death is the major issue of smoking, there are also other issues, such as; the economic cost of smoking and also the rate of smoking. Research shows that the average price for cigarettes in February 2000, was $10.23 and in February 2012 the price had risen by 126%, therefore the average price being $23.10 (Scollo & Winstanley, 2012). The price of cigarettes is one of three major economic costs, the other factors proven to be an economic risk are healthcare and lost earnings due to premature death. Australian people are spending money on a product that does not benefit them in any way possible, but also causing harm to their own health. Smoking can cause all sorts of sickness which most likely will lead to death. Studies show that not only are smokers losing money by purchasing the product, but also if they were to become sick, there are...
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...The health effects of tobacco are the circumstances, mechanisms, and factors of tobacco consumption on human health. Epidemiological research has been focused primarily on cigarette tobacco smoking,[1] which has been studied more extensively than any other form of consumption.[2] Tobacco is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally.[3] Tobacco use leads most commonly to diseases affecting the heart and lungs, with smoking being a major risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (including emphysema and chronic bronchitis), and cancer (particularly lung cancer, cancers of the larynx and mouth, and pancreatic cancer). It also causes peripheral vascular disease and hypertension. The effects depend on the number of years that a person smokes and on how much the person smokes. Starting smoking earlier in life and smoking cigarettes higher in tar increases the risk of these diseases. Also, environmental tobacco smoke, or secondhand smoke, has been shown to cause adverse health effects in people of all ages.[4] Cigarettes sold in underdeveloped countries tend to have higher tar content, and are less likely to be filtered, potentially increasing vulnerability to tobacco-related disease in these regions.[5] The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that tobacco caused 5.4 million deaths in 2004[6] and 100 million deaths over the course of the 20th century.[7] Similarly, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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...There is a vast difference between the cigarette commercials of the 1980's and the anti-tobacco Truth ads of today. We were sold a lie, and now many have paid the price with their health and their life. Should it be the responsibility of the tobacco industry to care for these people who have life threating illnesses caused by their products? Should they also handle the burial of the individuals who die as a result of tobacco usage? In this industry, someone has to look out of the consumers that are not looking out for themselves. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2013, there were 42.1 million people in the United States that smoked cigarettes. Smoking causes many diseases such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Smoking is considered to be the leading cause of preventable deaths in the US. It is responsible for about 480,000 deaths, including 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke. According to the CDC, the United States spends $300 billion a year on smoking-related costs to include medical care, lost productivity, and premature deaths. By now we are all well aware of the harmful effects that smoking and other use of tobacco products have on use, but according to the CDC 3,200 people under the age of 18 smoked their first cigarette today. Choosing to smoke is a personal choose that affects many. If an employer is required to pay a higher insurance premium...
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...Tobacco Industry Irma Paul Business Ethics 309 May 5th, 2015 As a consumer, the tobacco industry should be stop producing, cigarettes, cigars and pipes and selling them to our youth and adults. Smoking is one of the major causes of death in many countries and around the world. Smoking leads to diseases and disability and harms nearly every organ of the body. More than 16 million American are leaving with a disease caused by smoking. Each year around half a million American die of tobacco related diseases, and the other die from secondhand smoke. CDC… (n.d). According to the 2014 Surgeon General’s there have been more 20 million smoking-related deaths in the United States since 1964. . – cancer.org ... (n.d). As result 2.5 million American died from exposure to secondhand smoke. – cancer.org ... (n.d). The immune system is the only way of protecting our body from any infection or diseases. People who smoke are more likely to have respiratory infection. CDC... (n.d). Tobacco-related deaths will increase to more than eight million per year by 2030. More than 80% of those deaths will be in low-and middle-income countries. Tobacco facts. (n.d.). According to World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco is one of the biggest health threats we ever faced in America and around the globe. Due to the fact, every six second a person dies due to Tobacco-related. If tobacco industry knows that medical evidence says that smoking will kill you, why tobacco industry keeps selling them...
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...The health effects of tobacco are the circumstances, mechanisms, and factors of tobacco consumption on human health. Epidemiological research has been focused primarily on cigarette tobacco smoking,[1] which has been studied more extensively than any other form of consumption.[2] Tobacco is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally.[3] Tobacco use leads most commonly to diseases affecting the heart, liver and lungs, with smoking being a major risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (including emphysema and chronic bronchitis), and cancer (particularly lung cancer, cancers of the larynx and mouth, and pancreatic cancer). It also causes peripheral vascular disease and hypertension. The effects depend on the number of years that a person smokes and on how much the person smokes. Starting smoking earlier in life and smoking cigarettes higher in tar increases the risk of these diseases. Also, environmental tobacco smoke, or secondhand smoke, has been shown to cause adverse health effects in people of all ages.[4] Cigarettes sold in underdeveloped countries tend to have higher tar content, and are less likely to be filtered, potentially increasing vulnerability to tobacco-related disease in these regions.[5] The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that tobacco caused 5.4 million deaths in 2004[6] and 100 million deaths over the course of the 20th century.[7] Similarly, the United States Centers for Disease Control and...
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