Smoking prevention Flashcards
why is smoking targeted
o Kills thousands of Australians every year
o Costs Australians millions in health related costs every year
o Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke causes disease and premature death in adults and children who do not smoke
o It is a preventable risk factor
Who is at risk of smoking?
o If you live in a remote area you are two times more likely to be a smoker can paired with major cities
o If you live in a low SES area you are three times more likely to be a smoker compare to high SES areas
o If you’re unemployed you are 1.7 times more likely to smoke then employed people
o If you identify as aboriginal or Torres strait Islander you are 2.6 times more likely to be a smoker compare to the non-indigenous population.
Programs: Quit campaign
o QUIT CAMPAIGN
Quit aims to decrease the prevalence of smoking by assisting smokers to quit, and to prevent the uptake of smoking in non-smokers. Quit employs a range of actions to achieve their aims.
• Effectiveness
o Number of regular smokers in Victoria has decreased
o Successful through strategies such as price increases and bans on smoking indoors
o There are over 800,000 Victorians not smoking today
• Ottawa Charter reflection
o Quit develops personal skills by providing advice and practical skills for quitting
o Quit strengthens community action by being the work of the Cancer Council, which is funded by VicHealth and the Victorian Government
o Quit reorients health services by providing a free online training program for health professionals. These courses provide health professionals with skills such as informing about the effects of smoking, and the benefits to the patient/client of quitting
Effectiveness of smoking reduction programs in improving health
Australia has been successful in reducing smoking prevalence over many years through the use of many strategies, including advertising bands, bands on smoking indoors an outdoor public spaces, plain packaging, price increases, restriction on sales to miners, public education and media campaigns.
How anti-smoking promotion programs reflect the action areas of the Ottawa Charter:
BUILD HEALTHY PUBLIC POLICY
- Laws related to banning smoking in public places
- Laws relating to Tobacco advertising
- Laws relating to tobacco packaging
- Laws relating to tobacco taxes
CREATE SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS
- Quit program providing personalized counselling services through the quit line
- Online support through the quip website
STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY ACTION
- Quit program developing specific anti-smoking campaign’s working with particular population group health, such as aboriginal quit line enhancement project
DEVELOP PERSONAL SKILLS
- Health warnings on cigarette packages in mass advertising campaigns, along with quit facts sheets on their website
REORIENT HEALTH SERVICES
- Government and non-government investment in anti-smoking policies to prevent smoking
Programs: Anti - smoking media campaigns
o ANTI-SMOKING MEDIA CAMPAIGNS
These campaigns educate the population on the dangers and consequences of smoking
• Effectiveness
o People in low SES groups are more likely to be particularly responsive to emotional or personal testimonial advertisements
o Greater exposure to these advertisements is associated with a greater likelihood of quitting
• OCHP
o Develops Personal Skills by educating population on dangers and consequences of smoking
o Creates Supportive Environments by providing information on how to access resources to assist in quitting
Programs: Government laws and policies
o GOVERNMENT LAWS AND POLICIES
Introduction of smoking related laws and policies (e.g Banning smoking on train platforms, tax on tobacco, laws banning smoking in enclosed public areas)
• Effectiveness
o Lower prevalence of smoking among all population groups
o Reduced rate of smoking in Australia
• OCHP
o Reducing risk of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke creates supportive environments for non-smokers
o Anti-Smoking laws are an example of building healthy public policy by making not smoking easier.
