Licking County. Tobacco in Licking County continues to be an issue thus declining the healthy living. While tobacco use continues to be a right to everyone over the age of eighteen in all fifty states,it additionally continues to cause disease, disability,and death in not just the United States but Licking County as well. Keeping and enforcing prevention plans in Licking County for tobacco use would not only benefits the people using tobacco but the ones around them as well. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(2014) the fact sheet presented “Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking”, “If you quit smoking, your risks for cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder drop by half within 5 years”. Thus by quitting the use of tobacco, healthy living is improved in many ways. …show more content…
Every year so many people die worldwide from smoking. An estimated 443,00 people die prematurely from smoking or by being exposed to secondhand smoke.Tobacco in Licking County continues to be a never ending issue, tobacco use is the leading cause of premature and preventable death in Licking County, just as it is in the United States. Tobacco in Licking County continues to be an issue thus declining healthy living. The goal of many people in Licking county is to increase healthy living. So to increase healthy living and to eliminate tobacco use, residents need to stop tobacco use altogether. Tobacco has been around for many years according to Bailey(2014) in her article “Cigarette Smoking: An Overview”. It has been debated,discussed,and put into bodies. After all this time it is time to stop the use of Tobacco to create a better living for everyone in Licking