Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, claiming over 480,000 lives each year. In addition, smokers are more likely to develop conditions such as heart disease, cancer, lung disease, chronic bronchitis and emphysema (XXX). Cigarette use is high among low income African Americans, and is usually initiated at a younger age (XXX).
Many people are aware of these detrimental effects of cigarette smoke, but few are aware of how cigarette smoke affects the body from a nutritional standpoint. Tobacco smoke contain many compounds that are discharged as gasses and condensed tar particles. Many of these gases are oxidants (a byproduct of normal metabolism) that can cause extensive damage to the DNA, proteins and lipid. These oxidants produce free radicals. Vitamin E, vitamin C, Beta-carotene and selenium acts as antioxidants to protect the cells (XXXX). There are many stop-smoking programs that are offered in the city of Baltimore but none of these programs address the nutritional aspect of smoking (XXX). …show more content…
Community members are predominantly African American, 70.2 % have education below high school and XX% have incomes below the poverty level. Participants enrolled in the CEASE stop smoke intervention were asked to give feedback about their fruit and vegetable intake, as well as how they felt about fruits and vegetable. From the feedback from this focus group data was analyzed and a nutrition education pamphlet developed to explain nutritional needs of smokers with strategies to meet the needs for fruits and vegetables. Intake. The pamphlet also offers a recipe to help participants take advantage of consuming various types of vegetable at one meal by placing them in a soup. A second focus group was conference to evaluate the pamphlet design and information contained in
Many people are aware of these detrimental effects of cigarette smoke, but few are aware of how cigarette smoke affects the body from a nutritional standpoint. Tobacco smoke contain many compounds that are discharged as gasses and condensed tar particles. Many of these gases are oxidants (a byproduct of normal metabolism) that can cause extensive damage to the DNA, proteins and lipid. These oxidants produce free radicals. Vitamin E, vitamin C, Beta-carotene and selenium acts as antioxidants to protect the cells (XXXX). There are many stop-smoking programs that are offered in the city of Baltimore but none of these programs address the nutritional aspect of smoking (XXX). …show more content…
Community members are predominantly African American, 70.2 % have education below high school and XX% have incomes below the poverty level. Participants enrolled in the CEASE stop smoke intervention were asked to give feedback about their fruit and vegetable intake, as well as how they felt about fruits and vegetable. From the feedback from this focus group data was analyzed and a nutrition education pamphlet developed to explain nutritional needs of smokers with strategies to meet the needs for fruits and vegetables. Intake. The pamphlet also offers a recipe to help participants take advantage of consuming various types of vegetable at one meal by placing them in a soup. A second focus group was conference to evaluate the pamphlet design and information contained in