“Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States.” I started with this quote because I wanted to show the emphasis on how serious tobacco use is in today’s day and age, and also how preventable it is. Tobacco use is one of the most deadly drugs someone can be acquainted with, let alone nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs. It has been proven in today’s day and age that tobacco causes a long list of diseases among many other health issues and people still smoke or use tobacco products. Tobacco use is 100% preventable, and by not using tobacco products you can reduce your risk of health issues by a great amount compared with someone who is in use of tobacco products. So why are people still using
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This framework is based off of 45 years of evidence that proves the toll tobacco plays on communities and families can be greatly reduced. This framework consists of fully funding tobacco control programs, increasing the price of tobacco products, enacting comprehensive smoke free policies, controlling access to tobacco products, reducing tobacco advertising and promotion, implementing anti tobacco media campaigns, encouraging and assisting tobacco users to quit. There are three keys areas; the first area is tobacco use prevalence, which is where policies would be implemented for the reduction of tobacco use and initiation among adolescents and adults. The second area is changing our health systems, which consists of adopting policies and strategies to increase access, affordability, and use of smoking cessation services and treatments. The third area is social and environmental changes, which consists of establishing policies to reduce exposure to second hand smoke, increase the cost of tobacco, restrict tobacco advertising, and reduce illegal sales to minors. Helping tobacco users quit and reducing the amount of tobacco use will greatly help the overall life for Americans of all ages. This is one of the biggest concerns, and it has gotten a lot better since 1965, but we still have a long way to
This framework is based off of 45 years of evidence that proves the toll tobacco plays on communities and families can be greatly reduced. This framework consists of fully funding tobacco control programs, increasing the price of tobacco products, enacting comprehensive smoke free policies, controlling access to tobacco products, reducing tobacco advertising and promotion, implementing anti tobacco media campaigns, encouraging and assisting tobacco users to quit. There are three keys areas; the first area is tobacco use prevalence, which is where policies would be implemented for the reduction of tobacco use and initiation among adolescents and adults. The second area is changing our health systems, which consists of adopting policies and strategies to increase access, affordability, and use of smoking cessation services and treatments. The third area is social and environmental changes, which consists of establishing policies to reduce exposure to second hand smoke, increase the cost of tobacco, restrict tobacco advertising, and reduce illegal sales to minors. Helping tobacco users quit and reducing the amount of tobacco use will greatly help the overall life for Americans of all ages. This is one of the biggest concerns, and it has gotten a lot better since 1965, but we still have a long way to