Question 2: “Smoking rates among the general population have declined dramatically in the past decades”. (Cancer Council NSW) This can be largely attributed to effective health promotion. Explain how health promotion initiatives based on the Ottawa Charter have contributed to positive health outcomes in the area of tobacco use. (450 – 600 words) The Ottawa Charter is a global health promotion run by the World Health Organisation. It involves five action areas: developing personal skills
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1964‚ in Surgeon General’s statement‚ smoking’s harmful effects was understood. Smoking causes serious health and economical issues with it’s effects such as causing huge financial losses in country budgets‚ leading to many kinds of health problems and affecting either smokers and non-smokers. First of all‚ causing health problems is the most dangerous effect of smoking when be thought surfacely. Smoking causes many health problems but the most important and fatal one is lung-cancer
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Smoking during Pregnancy Arsenic‚ rocket fuel‚ toilet cleaner‚ lighter fluid‚ and batteries; what if this were the newest baby food? American’s would be in outcry and rightly so. These ingredients are all poisonous‚ yet they aren’t just found in rat poison and household cleaners‚ they are found in cigarettes. Despite this 10% of women will smoke cigarettes regularly throughout their pregnancies even though they have full knowledge of the consequences (“Program”). The children of these mother’s
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The Control and Monitoring of Smoking and Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy 1.1 Introduction When it comes to the topic of women and pregnancy there is much debate and controversy surrounding what a woman should and should not do with her body. A reason for this is that a woman is not only caring for herself but for another human being‚ as pregnancy entails “having a child or young developing in the uterus” (Oxford Dictionaries‚ 2016). This is why smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy
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2012 Effects of Smoking Cigarettes In this life many addictions or temptations can jump their way into the paths of many people. For example‚ some people get addicted to drugs‚ alcohol‚ and also money. Staying away from these day to day temptations is tough but is crucial to having a healthy lifestyle. Being a little more specific‚ people can get addicted to smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes contain nicotine‚ which is what people get addicted to and makes them want to have more. Smoking cigarettes can
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The Causes of Young People Smoking The Causes of Young People Smoking One of the most common problems today that are affecting young people worldwide is smoking. Smoking is such a strong addiction. One cigarette can result in smoking a bigger quantity‚ which can lead to major addiction. There are many people who like to smoke and they start at a young age. There are three main reasons why people start smoking at a young age; it might be because they try to imitate their friends‚ there are
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Should Smoking Be Banned? Smoking has become one of the leading killers in the world ever since it was produced. It results in chronic diseases and in some cases even death of the individuals. Innocent people shouldn’t die because of it. According to various health reports published in medical journals‚ it has been clearly stated that a huge section of the society is under threat of facing premature deaths or grave diseases. There has been much research into smoking‚ why it should be
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Danielle Delmonte Ms. Therriault English 3 18 November 2013 Smoking Gun Imagine a world that is smoke free. Everyday people are dying or being hospitalized for years of smoking. No one is taking this situation seriously. Company owners think if they just make a few places smoke free it is going to fix everything‚ but it will not. Smoking cigarettes is extremely dangerous. Smoking Cigarettes should be made illegal. They are harmful to the human body and will destroy in a slow process.
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You for Smoking‚” written by Peter Brimelow‚ is far from an influential essay on why people should smoke. Through this essay‚ Brimelow makes an effort to convince the audience smoking is actually beneficial to your health. I find it hard for people to write about what they think are the benefits of smoking when there are so many obvious reasons why you should not smoke. The main audience being targeted in this article is those who already smoke and those who are thinking about smoking. One thing
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heard that? No smoking laws are against our constitutional rights. There are many pamphlets and warnings out there telling you not to smoke. But why? Have you ever thought of that? It is your choice if you want to smoke and many new studies have shown that certain chemicals in cigarettes and tobacco are good for you! The harmful things and cigarettes are not harmful in small amounts. I believe that cigarettes and the people who smoke them have gotten a bad reputation. Many anti-smoking company’s spew
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