A Brief Description of Public Health
Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals. Individual health is something that affects only certain people and doesn’t affect the whole public when one person becomes ill, for example Smoking .
Smoking is the action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or a drug. Smoking is a public health issue in the UK. It has been estimated by Cancer Research UK that smoking is the single greatest cause of preventable illness and early death with around 107,000 people dying in 2007 from smoking-related diseases including cancers in the UK. Around 86% of lung cancer deaths in the UK are caused by tobacco smoking and overall tobacco smoking is estimated to be responsible for more than a quarter of cancer deaths in the UK, around 43,000 deaths in 2007. According to www.ash.org.uk/files/documents 22% of adult men and 19% of adult women are smokers. Among men smoking prevalence are highest in the 25-34 age group (32%). Among women, smoking is highest among 20-24 year olds (29%). In 1974, 51% of men and 41% of women smoked cigarettes - nearly half the adult population. Smoking rates are markedly higher among poorer people. Social class also fits in with smoking, more than 45% of lower class people. The scale of the problem is the UK is fairly low compared to the rest of Europe. The number of cigarettes per year for each adult in the UK is 750, compared to Serbia and Bulgaria with 2,869 this is pretty low. The scale of Smoking in the UK is pretty low compared to the rest of Europe.
Smoking can cause many diseases, including cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular disease is one of the main causes of death due to smoking. Hardening of cholesterol is hardened over the years and smoking accelerates the hardening and narrowing process in your arteries and blood clots are two or three times
Smoking is the action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or a drug. Smoking is a public health issue in the UK. It has been estimated by Cancer Research UK that smoking is the single greatest cause of preventable illness and early death with around 107,000 people dying in 2007 from smoking-related diseases including cancers in the UK. Around 86% of lung cancer deaths in the UK are caused by tobacco smoking and overall tobacco smoking is estimated to be responsible for more than a quarter of cancer deaths in the UK, around 43,000 deaths in 2007. According to www.ash.org.uk/files/documents 22% of adult men and 19% of adult women are smokers. Among men smoking prevalence are highest in the 25-34 age group (32%). Among women, smoking is highest among 20-24 year olds (29%). In 1974, 51% of men and 41% of women smoked cigarettes - nearly half the adult population. Smoking rates are markedly higher among poorer people. Social class also fits in with smoking, more than 45% of lower class people. The scale of the problem is the UK is fairly low compared to the rest of Europe. The number of cigarettes per year for each adult in the UK is 750, compared to Serbia and Bulgaria with 2,869 this is pretty low. The scale of Smoking in the UK is pretty low compared to the rest of Europe.
Smoking can cause many diseases, including cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular disease is one of the main causes of death due to smoking. Hardening of cholesterol is hardened over the years and smoking accelerates the hardening and narrowing process in your arteries and blood clots are two or three times