Public Health Concern - Tobacco Consumption

This document discusses the public health concern of tobacco consumption and its impact on global health. It explores the health hazards of smoking, such as lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and emphasizes the need for awareness campaigns and social measures to eradicate tobacco usage.

Running Head: PUBLIC HEALTH AND CONCERN-TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
Public health concern-Tobacco
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PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN- TOBACCO
Background
Public health is one of the main areas of concern of modern times. A number of health issues
have emerged and is deteriorating the image of public health and safety considerably. Major
areas include emergence of coronary diseases, tobacco smoking and chewing, and SARs for cell
phones and other electromagnetic devices. Tobacco smoking is one of the major causes of
diminishing health index all over the nation and almost 100 million people died due to tobacco
addiction. Tobacco is a plant that contains the chemical substance called nicotine which causes
the addiction and have other cancer-causing substances as well.
Discussion of the concerned areas
Both primary and secondary data source revel that there are around 1.1 billion tobacco users
worldwide. Primary data is collected from direct interview of the tobacco users and also no-
tobacco users to get an unbiased neutral result. Questionnaire survey form is developed and are
filled by the interview attendees. Secondary data is collected from previous years’ statistical
survey, WHO website, peer reviewed articles on smoking and its health hazards, and other online
data sources. Statistics show that a number of health hazards are caused due to inhalation of
tobacco like lung cancer (90%), breast cancer in women, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
(80%) and Tuberculosis. Smoking tobacco exposes the person to more than 7000 toxicants and
about 70 carcinogenic elements damage nearly the whole body. Tobacco is one of the main
reasons of pre-mature death across the globe (Richardson, Ganz & Vallone, 2015). Primary data
collection will also expose the persons at risk (active and passive smokers) of it and how they are
not able to give up this fatal addiction. The percentage of tobacco being manufactured is to be

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compared to the percentage of the usage it. Health risk could thus be ascertained and control
measures are to be formulated accordingly.
Public health study is an aspect of increasing awareness among people about the ill-effects of the
major health concerns of tobacco smoking and other coronary diseases. Awareness campaigns,
posters, public speaking, social media active group formation for eradicating tobacco usage and
other such social measures need to be adopted in order to give public the picture of life risk
associated to tobacco inhaling.
In spite of the health hazards caused by tobacco smoking, the products are still widely sold and
marketed. The implementation of integrated data system for tracking, identifying and
characterizing the products are lacking. Recent development of potential reduction exposure
products (PREPs) by the tobacco manufacturers have explicit public health claim. No systematic
approach of identifying, defining and estimating the PREPs have been developed (Gilmour, et al.
2015). But a responsive surveillance system will do a great in monitoring new tobacco products.
The absence of regulation for mandating information on product specification will cause the
health officials rely on some imperfect data source.
Conclusion
The habit of smoking has caused havoc on the lives of many people and a number have been
endangered as well. Statistics show that every year one out of every five die due to tobacco usage
in the country. Cancer is still one of the diseases whose treatment facilities have not been
designed effectively and no specific drug has been devised to cure it from the root. So, in order
to control the consumption of tobacco the surveillance measures need to be strengthened and
general public should be educated about the ill-effects of it.

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Richardson, A., Ganz, O., & Vallone, D. (2015). Tobacco on the web: surveillance and
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