Tobbaco Flashcards
Deaths per year from Tobacco
500,00 Americans die because of smoking
Smoking kills
lung cancer, 90% of all lung cancer death is attributed to smoking
Quitting is diffused…
from higher education to lower education
Policy intervention
- information and education: warning labels, school health education
- incentives: tax increase
- laws and regulations: banning advertising, smoke free workplace, restrictive sales to minors
Effective Interventions
tax, smoke free environments, counter advertising
History of Cigarette Ads
they were tailored to women and had some doctors to “support” it
Challenges smokers face today
- heavily addicted, low SES, low education
Control policies of Smoking
- taxes and prices
- Smoke free requirements
- media campaigns
- Cessation assistance
New direction of tobacco campaigns
increase minimum age and plain packaging
E-cigarette benefits
lower risks and help reduce smoking
E-cigarette concerns
dual use, children become addicted and then promote to smoking cigs
The FDA began to regulate tobacco
in 2009
Barriers to FDA regulating tobacco
- opposition from tobacco industry
- black market
- legal action against regulation
- perception that smoing is no longer a public health issue
FDA Nicotine Product Continuum of Risk Plan
- reduce nicotine in cigarettes to non-addicting levels
- non-combusted nicotine delivery products certain groups- smoke more
Certain Groups Work More
prison, rural areas, southern areas, and military
