Smoking as a Health Issue Paper 2022

Running head: SMOKING AS A HEALTH ISSUE
Smoking as a Health Issue
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Executive Summary:
This paper intends to identify smoking as a health issue which is a global issue and much anti-
smoking legislation have been enacted to suppress the consumption and the death rate. Of all
types of health promotion strategies, the imposing of taxation on tobacco products has proved to
be most effective of all. The drug user patients are dealt with different approaches in different
fields, and it shows that the emphasis put on by nurses to an adult, a patient with learning
disability and a child is different. It can be deduced that through well planned and modernized
strategy enacted the issue can be put in control.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................3
Smoking as a Health Issue:..............................................................................................................3
Factors:........................................................................................................................................3
Cultural Factors:......................................................................................................................3
Socio-economic Factors:.........................................................................................................4
Health Promotion Strategy:.........................................................................................................5
Evaluation:...............................................................................................................................6
Role of Nurse in Adult’s treatment:.........................................................................................7
Role of Nurse in Treatment of Patient with Learning Disabilities:.........................................8
Role of Nurse in Children Treatment: 220..............................................................................9
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................9
References:....................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction:
Tobacco is such a drug that is killing not only the people who intake it, but also those
who do no intake yet are passive. In England, smoking is the reason behind the largest cause of
deaths which are preventable in nature. The number of adult smokers in England is
approximately 7.3 million and the mortality rate is 200 people per day; death from smoking
related illness is something that can be easily prevented (Department of Health 2017). Smoking
habits have certain holistic factors like physiological, psychological, cultural, socio-economic
and more. These factors show the impact that the habit of smoking has on physical health, mental
health, work, relationships and impact of an individual in respect to his/her belongingness to a
particular group; among these the cultural and socio-economic factors are discussed in the paper.
The habit of smoking is a controversial issue in the society; it is an addiction that many people
like to enjoy ignoring the fact it is killing him/her and the people around. To avoid the emerging
health risk, numbers of strategies have been enacted by the government. The emphasis that
tobacco patients get from the health departments is also notable. This paper analyses smoking as
a health issue, its factors and influences along with the current strategy taken up for health
promotion.
Smoking as a Health Issue:
Factors:
Cultural Factors:
The acceptability of smoking habits is strictly subjective to individuals. The smoking
habit is influenced by certain demographic factors, some social beliefs and also by the