Public Health Issue: Nursing Assignment

Running head: NURSING ASSIGNMENT
Public Health Issue
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Identification of the issue.................................................................................................................2
Background Information..................................................................................................................3
Problem statement...........................................................................................................................3
Suggestions of addressing the issue.................................................................................................4
Impact on the health care delivery system.......................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
Reference.........................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
The usage of tobacco affects the human health negatively and there is a long history of
health effects associated with tobacco usage. The major health effects arising from tobacco are
due to the smoking of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, hookahs, bidis, cigars, smokeless tobacco.
Tobacco usage leads to diseases that affect lungs, liver, and heart and due to smoking several
diseases occur which are: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart attacks and
different types of cancers (Kwan, Stratton & Bonnie, 2015). Tobacco usage also causes high
blood pressure and peripheral arterial disease. This study is based on nursing policy on the usage
of tobacco among the adults.
Identification of the issue
Tobacco usage is high within the adults of United States and is primarily in the form of
cigarette smoking. The negative effects of smoking were first noticed in the 1940s and the new
hazards are arising due to the increased smoking of cigarettes. The efforts to minimize smoking
has been highly successful due to the public health policies, effective regulatory methods,
scientific research. With the reduction in the smoking tendencies in the United States led to an
increase in the usage of tobacco products by the young adults and the adolescents. The tobacco
products which are used majorly are nicotine delivery products, non-cigarette tobacco which is
commonly designated as the alternative tobacco products (ATPs). Electronic cigarettes,
smokeless tobacco, cigars, and hookah are the most commonly used alternative tobacco products
(Lauterstein et al., 2014). Thus, there is an urgency to develop the regulatory policies that will
effectively mitigate the problems through the educational campaign, directed on the
dissemination of information of risks associated with the usage of ATPs.