Smoking Cessation and Lung Cancer

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Smoking cessation and lung cancer
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SMOKING CESSATION AND LUNG CANCER 2
Smoking cessation and lung cancer
According to different studies, smoking of cigarette is one of the leading cause of
preventable diseases in the United States of America. Statistics indicate that over 480,000 people
die on an annual basis in the USA due to smoking (McBride, Blocklin, Lipkus, Klein, &
Brandon, 2015) .This figures translates to 1 out of every 5 deaths in USA. Among 100 US adults,
15 who are above 18 years smoked cigarettes in 2016.This is 15% of the population. It is also
estimated that more than 37.8 million adults in USA smoke cigarettes. Besides, more than 16
million live with smoke related infections such as lung cancer.This is a serious public health
issue that needs a series of interventions.
80-90% of lung cancers in United States of America is due to smoking. Besides smoking,
the use of other tobacco products like cigars and pipes also increase the risks of lung cancer.
Tobacco is known to contain more than 7000 different chemicals with 70 of them known to
cause cancer. According to studies, people who smoke are 15-30 times more likely to acquire
lung cancer and eventually die as opposed to those who do not smoke (Moyer, 2014). The
number of cigarettes and number of years an individual smokes is directly proportional to the
risk of getting and dying from lung cancer. Since smoking of cancer is directly linked to lung
cancer, there should be different strategies to encourage cessation of smoking. One such method
is education. In this assignment, there will be a discussion on if smoking cessation education can
reduce the risk of lung cancer as compared to those who do not get education.
Education on smoking cessation reduce the 10 year risk of being diagnosed with lung
cancer compared to those who do not receive education. Education can be defined as sharing
knowledge about a certain phenomenon. In this case, education involves providing information
to those people who smoke in the United States of America about the effects of smoking and