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Assessment of Respiratory Status
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Helping a Friend Reduce Tobacco Use
Why it is important to change the behavior
Various diseases come about due to the habit of smoking tobacco. Some of the wide-
ranging lung diseases that accrue from smoking include emphysema, lung cancer, and asthma.
Smokers are normally 12 times more likely to die from COPD than people who do not smoke.
COPD is short for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. People that smoke get into the habit
of accompanying them with cigarettes and lighters, which can be an untidy habit that might not
be pleasing to other people. Smoke from tobacco is not only harmful to the heart and lungs, but it
also affects nearly all the major organs in the body. Smokers have a higher susceptibility to heart
attacks and heart failures than non-smokers do.
Smoking of Tobacco is one of the leading causes of drug addiction and deaths the world
over. Smoking of cigarettes is not only harmful to us when we smoke but also to the people
around us (Jarvis, 2015). The people who smoke are called primary consumers whereas as the
people that inhales smoke from the smokers are the secondary smokers. The World Health
Organization puts the use of Tobacco at the second leading killer addictive drug in the world. On
the other hand, smoking remains the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States
(Mecklenburg, 2014). Of all the cigarettes that are smoked 40% are known to lead to the
formation of various types of cancer from the throat all the way down to the voice box.
In the long term, smoking has negative effects on the life of the unborn child. Diabetes,
colon cancer, cervix cancer, and even stomach cancer are but some of the other diseases that are
highly associated with the smoking of tobacco (Jarvis, 2015). Quitting or reducing smoking will
improve the breath of the smoke; it will whiten the teeth of the smoker and will make the smoker
less high and more attentive in activities like class work. Reducing smoking improves the oral

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health of the smoker, and reduces the chances of acquiring skin wrinkles. Quitting smoking also
improves the smoker’s self-esteem and improves the chances of them looking younger in the end
(Mecklenburg, 2014). It is, therefore, essential that my friend stops smoking because it does
more harm than good to the body. The application of the theory in helping to solve the problem
will be applied by use of the following constructs:
The theory is based on the understanding that the person is bound to take certain actions based
on the way they think it will benefit them. For instance, the person will resort to using condoms
when they feel that it will help them avoid certain negative attributes like STD. Other times
people will react according to the positive effects that they think the action will have on them.