Tobacco control

The Tylenol scare was one of the biggest epidemics in the early 1980s and in over the counter drug selling and handling. The tragedy started off in Chicago where a young twelve year old girl of the name Mary Kellerman would have a sore throat and a runny nose. In this incident, her parents went to their local drug store to get some extra strong Tylenol for their daughter cold. Little did they know that the over the counter drug was laced with cyanide and the young girl was pronounced later on…

Benchmark B Should Candy and Soda be Banned From Schools? The government has had crazy ideas and ridiculous proposes. But I believe that this one particular idea isn’t that bad. The Government believes in trying to ban candy and sda from schools. In the article I read from (The New York times Upfront, Vol. 142, May 10, 2010). There were two sides on this proposal. One saying that they should not ban candy and soda and another saying that they should. Both sides of this debate had really well…

When citing the percentages of children tested for elevated levels of lead, he got data from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention. However, he stated he calculated most of these numbers. He then commented on the data collected and said, “in any case data collection is poor . . . take comparisons with a grain of salt” (Kristof). This hinders the strength of the…

concerns related to inhaling nicotine and other chemicals, the lithium batteries that power the devices can also cause serious harm. What Are E-Cigarettes? E-cigarettes, also called a personal vaporizers (PV), are battery-powered devices that simulate tobacco smoking by producing a heated vapor that resembles smoke. The devices have a heating element to vaporize a liquid solution, which…

Is Chewing Gum Safe or is it a Sweet Deception? Today 59 percent of people who live in the United States chew gum which means that an estimate of 100,000 tons of gum is consumed each year (Mercola). Most people chew gum for stress relief, to achieve fresh breath, and to overcome cravings or simply just for the taste. However is there more to gum than what meets the eye? Is chewing gum even safe? Well I hate to be the one to pop your sugar coated bubble but chewing gum is very harmful for the…

money goes into advertisements in all realms not just tobacco and cigarettes. Without advertisements many of us would not know what to buy because no one has said this is the biggest thing this year. In 2015 Australia won the lawsuit against Philip Morris and retained the right to package cigarettes in their truth in advertisement boxes. These boxes do look horrific, but the pictures are authentic and from actual patients suffering from tobacco induced diseases. I could not find an update on…

E-Cigarettes: The Safer Alternative to Cigarettes Almost every commercial you see after your favorite TV shows concerns an epidemic in America that affects adults and mostly teens: the addiction of cigarettes. The majority of American families have at least two or more family members that smoke cigarettes. But what are some of the methods that smokers use to stop their addiction? The common use is the nicotine patch or “cold turkey”, which usually doesn’t work. The use of e-cigarettes benefits…

The Overview of Transtheorectical Model The transit heretical Model is also called the Stages of Change Model was developed by Prochaska, Di Clemente and colleagues of the University of Rhode Island in nineteen ninety-seven. This model was originally inspired by smoking cessation studies, a study that examined the experiences of smoker who on their own and the ones that require extra help to quit smoking to analyze why people have the capability to quit smoking on their own (3). The result had…

Using vape and e-cigarettes is widely seen as a terrible thing and for the most part can be. This invention was first used to stop smoking the combustible traditional cigarette. If this object was used for its original intention it would’ve been a very good thing. However, because it looks so much like the traditional form it was given a bad name. It was seen as the same thing as a traditional after all of the studies came back and said that they all have the same chemicals. This is true to an…

people that did not smoke caught second-hand smoke and end up in the hospital or in a graveyard. ‘’Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable and premature death, killing an estimated 443,000 Americans each year. Cigarette smoking costs the nation $96 billion in direct medical costs and $97 billion in lost productivity annually. In addition to the billions in medical costs and lost productivity, tobacco is enacting a heavy toll on young people’’ (Kathleen Sebelius). The smoker was not always an…