Impact Of Smoking in Canada Report 2022

Running Head: Smoking in Canada
Smoking in Canada
Report
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10/7/2019

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Introduction
Smoking is a serious concern for the entire world because it has adverse impact on the
health of people. Large numbers of people are facing addiction of smoking or using tobacco
products in the world and the scenario is not different in Canada. This report analyses the
health issues related to smoking in Canadian people. The report also helps to understand the
role of nurses in preventing smoking in the country and aware the young Canadian people
about the harmful effect of smoking on their health. However, there are several social
determinants factors that are responsible for smoking in people has been also discussed in this
report with a brief overview about the epidemiological factors which essential to identify the
harmful effect of smoking in people. Apart from this, the report will also highlight the role of
primary healthcare organisation and role of nurses in prevention of smoking in people.
Overview about Smoking in Canada
According to a survey conducted in 2011, one in every five Canadian people is
addicted of smoking or using any tobacco products. It means more than 5.8 million Canadian
people are involved in using tobacco products through smoking. 22.3% of men are addicted
of smoking while 17.5% women are addicted of smoking. While 23.5% men are addicted of
heavy smoking or chain smoking issues and 14.2% women are addicted of heavy smoking
(Djalalov, Masucci, Isaranuwatchai, Evans, Peter, Truscott, & Hoch, 2018). However, the
issues related to smoking have been observed in huge numbers in Canadian teenagers
(between 15 to 19 years old), which is higher than any other group of people in Canada
(Larsen, To, Irving, Boak, Hamilton, Mann, & Faulkner, 2017). More than 30% of youths are
regular smokers while among them 21% regular smokers in home. However, the major issue
with smoking is that it lowers the life expectancy rate of people and leads to several
dangerous disease like Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, heart attack, Tuberculosis and
Asthma etc. According to a report, more than 20,000 deaths have been recorded due to lung
cancer, which is 27% of total numbers of death due to cancer in Canada. However, the
current smoking rate in Canada is 19.9% in people (above than 12 years) and it was lower
than 2001 when 25% of people were reported to smoking in the country (Brobeck, Bergh,
Odencrants, & Hildingh, 2011).
Smoking is the cause of many other type of chronic disease such as lung cancer,
Tuberculosis, Asthma, hearth attack etc. According to a report published by WHO, more than

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7 million people death has been recorded every year because of smoking while 1.2 million
people are died because they were being exposed to second hand smoke and they were not
smokers (Kreatsoulas & Anand, 2010). Currently more than 1.1 billion people are smokers
and among them, 80% people are living in the low-income and middle-income group of
countries (David, Esson, Perucic, & Fitzpatrick, 2010). However, these statistics in USA are
also very high and a great concern for the USA government. More than 16 million American
living with a disease caused by smoking and at least 30 people is living with the serious
disease, which is caused by Tobacco. If the habit of people or pattern of smoking will not
change globally, more than 8 million people will die every year because of smoking by 2030.
Social Determinants factors in Canada and Its impact on Smoking
Social determinants are those factors that cause health issues in people or help to
eliminate the health issues from the society. These factors are related with economic or social
conditions that influence the current health status of people or community. Social
determinants of health affect factors that are related to the health outcomes (Kreatsoulas &
Anand, 2010). The social determinant factors generally include employment or
unemployment situation, poverty, education, economic situation like housing or proper
arrangement of foods, earning, or occupation of person etc. These factors are generally
related to social, nature, socioeconomic factors, and behavioural factors of the people
(Krueger, Krueger, & Koot, 2015). However, the major social determinant factors that are
related to smoking are as follow:
Economic conditions or Poverty: Most of the people in Canada understand that
smoking is the best way of releasing economic pressure or avoiding issues related to poverty.
People who are faces extreme economic pressure or jobless in the country are habituated to
smoking. Around 4.9 million in Canada are living under poverty. It means every one out of
seven people is facing poor economic situation and among them 75% people are addicted of
smoking. More than 59% women are facing extreme issues related to poverty among them
30% women are addicted of smoking (Kreatsoulas & Anand, 2010).
Education: Education is also an important factor in avoiding smoking in the country.
It has been seen that extreme education pressure of stress of building career in the
professional field forces the youngsters to use smoking products in night. Apart from this, it
has been seen that large numbers of people even know the harmful effect of smoking