Smoking

Having the knowledge that tobacco use and smoking is one of the leading contributors of many chronic and deadly diseases, and with the fact that Maryland is fourth in smoking among adolescents and young adults it is only logical that this program proposal is indeed of great need. This intervention program would be best implemented using Health Communication strategies. Health communication strategies are designed to inform and influence individual and community decisions to influence health.…

Cigarettes are sold on every corner. Seventeen point eight percent of Americans smoke cigarettes making the market profitable. Smokers try to quit all the time, but most start back smoking cigarettes. There are many ways for smokers to quit smoking cigarettes with nicotine patches, nicotine gum, and even classes to help stop smoking. Sometimes smokers will switch to lighter brands of cigarettes thinking they are weaning themselves off the addiction, but this never helps. In the early 2000’s Hon…

television. Often times we come across smoking advertisements. In these two different smoking advertisements that I have found I realized that these are selling the complete opposite meaning of smoking products. This is because of the extreme time differences they were sold on. One of the ads is from the nineteen fifties and the other is a much more modern day advertisement. Even though these two advertisements are selling the complete opposite meaning of smoking…

The legalization of marijuana has been discussed repeatedly over and over for the past couple of years across the United States. What is known to be a harmless Hemp plant has consumed the lives of many with its high utilization of recreational smoking. Although some may be blinded by the clever grasp of THC, this drug can bring more harm than expected. The infamous “Pot” better known as Marijuana, should only be legalized in Texas for medical purposes and not permitted for recreational use.…

state laws already put into action. For example, Hawaii was the first state to raise the smoking age to 21. The state decided to do this when students using electronic cigarettes quadrupled over four years to 22% and middle school to 12% in 2015. Hawaii’s military base supports the new law. Although some argue that if a man or woman is old enough to fight for our country, they are old enough to decide about smoking. While some might agree, this law ultimately protects high school students from…

E-Cigarettes E-cigarettes are becoming a more popular alternative to smoking tobacco cigarettes. With its popularity comes much controversy. Some believe that e-cigarettes are not good alternatives to smoking, while others believe smoking e-cigarettes is less harmful. In my opinion, I believe that it is too soon to make a concrete opinion about the use of e-cigarettes. However, for right now, I believe that e-cigarettes are not a good alternative, but have the potential to be. That being said,…

operated devise that converts liquid nicotine and concentrated liquid flavors into a vapor that the user can inhale. The e-cigarette is being marketed as an alternative means to smoking an actual cigarette. Cigarettes have been known to use harmful chemicals to maintain freshness in the tobacco that an individual is smoking. Electronic cigarettes have been advertised as a safer means of eliminating the need for harsh chemicals while maintaining the ability to inhale nicotine. (Hunt, 2014) Since…

cut out tobacco out of their daily routines, whereas I believe they’re just as harmful as tobacco cigarettes and will not make it easier to quit smoking. A number of young adults have come to the conclusion that electronic cigarettes are not harmful at all to your body when inhaling this vaporized substance, and that you’re perfectly fine when smoking. There are some side effects that have been brought up since the use of e-cigarettes. For example Carrie Arnold, a Freelance Science Writer,…

cigarettes leave on the body. Presently the Center for Disease Control report that cigarettes cause over 480,000 per year. (CDC). In 2006 the government began place stricter and sticker punishments on the Tabaco companies forcing them to sponsor anti-smoking campaigns. To combat that tobacco companies began producing electronic cigarettes and they’ve taken off like wild fire. The CDC describes Electronic Cigarettes commonly calls E-Cigs as, “battery-operated devices designed to deliver nicotine…

cause for premature death in the Untied States. The effects of smoking are widespread and can be deadly. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco is a major public health issue that kills more than 5 million people per year and it is responsible for 1 in 10 adult deaths. It is the single most preventable cause of death among to the five greatest risk factors for mortality. According to Center for Disease Control(CDC), smoking causes more deaths each year than all these four…