Adolescent Smoking and Vaping: Health Impact and Intervention Report

This report focuses on the health impacts of adolescent smoking and vaping, highlighting the critical period of puberty. It explores the potential for negative health outcomes, including psychiatric disorders, due to smoking during this developmental stage. The report emphasizes the importance of interventions, such as parental support and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), to address these issues. The provided references support the discussion on mental health promotion and practical health interventions. The report underscores the need for proactive measures to mitigate the risks associated with adolescent smoking and vaping, providing insights into potential solutions and strategies to promote better health outcomes. The report is a valuable resource for understanding the complexities and challenges associated with adolescent health and behavior.

Life span issues to focus on
• In this report the life span which is selected is
adolescent. Most of the adolescents are been
involved in smoking and vaping.
• Numerous health issues can be caused to them when
they are been involved in doing all these things
(O’Reilly and et.al., 2018).

One life event
• The one life event which can happen during
this period of time is that adolescents might
go from various stages of puberty.
• If they are been involved in smoking during
the time of puberty then it can have negative
impact on health outcome of an adolescents.

Health issue related to life event
• On health issue that is being linked to adolescents smoking
during the time of puberty is psychiatric disorder.
• In this the individual’s ability to think and make better
decisions lowers down and also, they have no control over
their thoughts and emotions (Hubley and Copeman, 2018).
• This pattern of behaviour is mostly seen in adolescents
when they see their friends and family members involved in
doing the same behaviour.

Intervention for life event
• Various interventions can be used in order to overcome from
the problem of adolescents smoking during the time of
puberty.
• Like for example parents can motivate them to communicate
with therapist, so that they can bring change in their
behaviour.
• They can also be engaged in taking Cognitive behavioural
therapy in order to have control over their feeling’s thoughts
and urges.

REFERENCES
• Hubley, J. and Copeman, J., 2018. Practical health promotion. John Wiley & Sons.
• O’Reilly, M. and et.al., 2018. Review of mental health promotion interventions in schools. Social
Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 53(7), pp.647-662.