Key Question

Question 1

What is it

Answer 1

Should we encourage the cessation (stopping) of smoking

Question 2

Basic structure

Answer 2

Outline - why is it an issue?

Explain - why should we?

Explain - how can we?

Explain - is the way we are helping working

Question 3

Outline - why is it an issue?

Answer 3

In the U.K. 9.4 million adults (doesn’t consider underage)

Costs NHS £5.17 billion a year

Tobacco biggest cause of cancer

120,000 people die each year from smoking related diseases

Lead to COPD

Passive smoking

Question 4

Explain why should we help?

Answer 4

Addictive on a chemical level
E.g. Mode of action of nicotine
Suggests really hard to give up

Question 5

Explain - how can we help?

Answer 5

Aversion therapy / CBT
E.g. Schick/ CBT Ladyiceur
Have treatments that work

However, based on learning theories so may not work on a chemical level

Question 6

Explain - what are we currently doing? Is it working?

Answer 6

Health campaigns
E.g. Stoptober - 250,000 stopped in 2014 due to Stoptober according to Gov figures
Suggests working

However, could be due to changes in social factors so could be difficult to accurately assess