Preventing Smoking campaign

PREVENTING SMOKING

Contents
Background................................................................................................................................2
Campaign overview...................................................................................................................2
Key Facts about Tobacco Use among Children and Teenagers.................................................2
Prevalence of Tobacco Use among Children and Teenagers.................................................3
Diseases caused by smoking and prevention of smoking......................................................3
Preparation of quitting smoking.................................................................................................4
BEHAVIORAL CHANGES TO HELP YOU QUIT............................................................4
Persuasive campaign..................................................................................................................5
Audience................................................................................................................................5
Psychological, physiological and social theories.......................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................7

Background
Young individuals who smoke cigarettes as children and adolescents face a wide range of
health issues, including a rise in respiratory infections, a decreased level of physical fitness,
and possible impacts on the growth and function of the lung. Children under the age of 18
attempt to smoke their first cigarette about 2,500 times per day, and more than 400 of them
will become habitual, daily smokers in the process. People who begin smoking at a young
age are more prone than those who begin later in life to get addicted to nicotine. Most
adolescents who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime state that they would
like to quit, but are unable to do so. Small amounts of smoking, such as one cigarette daily,
can have a negative impact on your health. Even though quitting smoking is difficult, many
people have succeeded in doing so. For men and women of all ages, quitting smoking
provides immediate and considerable health advantages. The sooner you give up, the more
you will reap. Before the age of 50, smokers have a 50% lower risk of dying in the following
15 years than those who continue to smoke[ CITATION lun22 \l 1033 ].
Campaign overview
This campaign is focused on creating awareness about the danger of tobacco and smoking in
young people. The month long campaign will also try to create public awareness and anti-
smoking programs. This campaign will also include a statistical research on the young adults
about smoking tobacco and prevalence of it. The goal of the campaign is to create awareness
about the silent danger of the tobacco and safe the young minds of the country.
Key Facts about Tobacco Use among Children and
Teenagers
Children under the age of 18 attempt to smoke their first cigarette about 2,500 times per day,
and more than 400 of them will become habitual, daily smokers in the process. More than
half of them will succumb to their addiction and perish. People who begin smoking at a
young age are more prone than those who begin later in life to get addicted to nicotine. Most
adolescents who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime state that they would
like to quit, but are unable to do so. An estimated 5.6 million of today's youngsters under the
age of 18 will die prematurely from a smoking-related disease if current tobacco usage trends
prevail. With 100,000 individuals dying each year from smoking-related diseases, smoking is
still the leading preventable cause of sickness and death in the United Kingdom[ CITATION
Spr22 \l 1033 ].