Written Health Communication Assignment
The use of tobacco amongst those of all ages has been an issue we have been fighting and trying to prevent those from using. Very young individuals are smoking and dipping tobacco and are clueless and/or careless to the fact that their lives are at extreme danger. Surprisingly, the rates for teenage smokers have dropped within the last couple of years and I think it is because we are communicating to young individuals on the harmful effects and they are grasping on to the information.
Many high school students are regular smokers and every day somebody new is going to try out a cigarette. “Cigarette smoking rates among high school students have dropped to the lowest levels since the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) began in 1991, according to the 2013 results released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” (Center for Disease Control, 2014). “By achieving a teen smoking rate of 15.7 percent, the United States has met its national Healthy People 2020 objective of reducing adolescent cigarette use to 16 percent or less” (Center for Disease Control, 2014). Although, there is a decrease in teenage smoking, there still a challenge to get every smoker to stop …show more content…
Vaping is a new alternative to smoking because instead of inhaling tobacco, the individual is inhaling flavored water vapor. Some research has been conducted and shows that people who are vaping will eventually end up smoking cigarettes at some point in their life. Some of the flavored vapes contain Diectyl which is very harmful when inhaled which can cause lung disease. Regardless of what alternative you may use, there are always risks and it is not worth exposing your body and health to
The use of tobacco amongst those of all ages has been an issue we have been fighting and trying to prevent those from using. Very young individuals are smoking and dipping tobacco and are clueless and/or careless to the fact that their lives are at extreme danger. Surprisingly, the rates for teenage smokers have dropped within the last couple of years and I think it is because we are communicating to young individuals on the harmful effects and they are grasping on to the information.
Many high school students are regular smokers and every day somebody new is going to try out a cigarette. “Cigarette smoking rates among high school students have dropped to the lowest levels since the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) began in 1991, according to the 2013 results released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” (Center for Disease Control, 2014). “By achieving a teen smoking rate of 15.7 percent, the United States has met its national Healthy People 2020 objective of reducing adolescent cigarette use to 16 percent or less” (Center for Disease Control, 2014). Although, there is a decrease in teenage smoking, there still a challenge to get every smoker to stop …show more content…
Vaping is a new alternative to smoking because instead of inhaling tobacco, the individual is inhaling flavored water vapor. Some research has been conducted and shows that people who are vaping will eventually end up smoking cigarettes at some point in their life. Some of the flavored vapes contain Diectyl which is very harmful when inhaled which can cause lung disease. Regardless of what alternative you may use, there are always risks and it is not worth exposing your body and health to