Government Actions

Question 1

How did The Clean Air Act affect public health?

What? When? Impact P + N?

Answer 1

• 1956
• Told factories to burn “smokeless fuels
• N: problem still continued
• P: smoke- free areas reduced smog + lung disease

Question 2

How did the 2001 government guidance on smog affect public health?

What? Impact N?

Answer 2

• Motorists encouraged to buy diesel cars.
• N: More particles in air

Question 3

How did the link between smoking and cancer affect public health?

When? Impact P +N?

Answer 3

• 1962
• P: Government took steps to tackle smoking.
• N: they thought this would worsen economy so acted slowly.

Question 4

Give 2 government actions that attempted to deal with smoking.

Answer 4

1.) 1971: Health warnings on cigarettes
2.) 2007: Ban smoking in public places

Question 5

How did government actions against smoking affect pubic health?

Impact P + N?

Answer 5

P: less people with lung diseases
N: Still a problem today because they don’t want to be a “Nanny State.”

Question 6

How did the NHS affect public health?

When? Impact P + N?

Answer 6

• 1948
• P: free healthcare–> less disease
• N: Higher taxes

Question 7

Which 2 main organisations are the ones that improved public health?

Answer 7

• Government
• Council offices

Question 8

How did free school meals affect public health?

When? Impact P?

Answer 8

• 1906
• P: hot meals for poor and reduced malnourishment.

Still used today

Question 9

How did old age pensions affect public health?

When? Impact P?

Answer 9

• 1908
• P: Saved people from workhouses

Question 10

How is the problem of inactivity being tackled today?

Answer 10

• Campaigns to eat less and move more.