National Anti Smoking Campaign in Australia: A Health Promotion Approach

Anti-smoking

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main body .......................................................................................................................................3
Rationale.................................................................................................................................3
Methods .................................................................................................................................4
Results....................................................................................................................................4
Discussion...............................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
The National Anti Smoking Campaign in Australia is highly aims on the interventions
which can reduce the rates of smokers and its influencers. Smoking within public areas is being
banned due to its negative impacts on population. As per the data of Cancer Council of Australia,
there were 18% of men who were influenced by smoking whereas 14% of females were also
found in under the influence of smoking practices (Alexeev and Weatherburn, 2021). It is
becoming common in youngsters as well. This may report highly aims on the campaign named
by “ Say no to smoking” which majorly focus on the smoking practices within youngsters. It also
delineate negative impacts of smoking practices on the young generation which are associated
with health and its negative outcomes.
Main body
Rationale
Smoking is one of major cause which leads individuals premature death in Australia and
it is deemed as one of leading public heath concern. It is a factor which main contributor to gap
in healthy life expectancy and mortality of an individual. There are established actions which
have been taken through Australian government, those purpose is to minimise the consumption
of tobacco within youngsters (Bafunno and et. al., 2020). According to WHO reports, 5.4 million
of people die per year, due to smoking epidemic. Among young people age 16 years, the
prevalence of practice of smoking per week is on 24% average (Khandeparkar, Motiani and
Sharma, 2021). Smoking practices not only promotes smoking related health disease also it is a
great contributor in health inequalities. Tobacco consumption practice are efficient to kill one in
tow users. As per the studies, smoking practices in young age may promote diseases such as
sudden death infant syndrome, acute illness due to infections in respiratory tracks, more
complicated and severe asthma, short breathing, middle ear disease, slow development of lungs,
promotes risk of forms of cancers which most likely to induce lung cancer (Mannan, 2020). The
presence of harmful chemicals in the cigarettes makes it harmful. It is well known fact, that one
cigarettes a day is directly linked to one loss of day from individual's life. It can induce death
taking risk factors for a person.