Comprehensive Report on Anti-Smoking Campaigns: Public Health 2021

This report provides an analysis of anti-smoking campaigns, focusing on their rationale, methods, and results within the context of public health in Australia. It highlights the prevalence of smoking, especially among young people, and its detrimental effects on health, including increased risk of premature death and various diseases. The report discusses different health promotion models, such as the educational model and quality of life approach, used in anti-smoking campaigns. It also examines the role of stress, anxiety, and depression as influential factors in smoking habits. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of collaborative efforts between the government and health organizations to implement effective strategies, such as providing support services, restricting cigarette sales, and promoting healthy lifestyles, to reduce smoking rates and improve public health outcomes. Desklib offers a platform for students to access similar solved assignments and past papers.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main body .......................................................................................................................................3
Rationale.................................................................................................................................3
Methods .................................................................................................................................4
Results....................................................................................................................................4
Discussion...............................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
The National Anti Smoking Campaign in Australia is highly aims on the interventions
which can reduce the rates of smokers and its influencers. Smoking within public areas is being
banned due to its negative impacts on population. As per the data of Cancer Council of Australia,
there were 18% of men who were influenced by smoking whereas 14% of females were also
found in under the influence of smoking practices (Alexeev and Weatherburn, 2021). It is
becoming common in youngsters as well. This may report highly aims on the campaign named
by “ Say no to smoking” which majorly focus on the smoking practices within youngsters. It also
delineate negative impacts of smoking practices on the young generation which are associated
with health and its negative outcomes.
Main body
Rationale
Smoking is one of major cause which leads individuals premature death in Australia and
it is deemed as one of leading public heath concern. It is a factor which main contributor to gap
in healthy life expectancy and mortality of an individual. There are established actions which
have been taken through Australian government, those purpose is to minimise the consumption
of tobacco within youngsters (Bafunno and et. al., 2020). According to WHO reports, 5.4 million
of people die per year, due to smoking epidemic. Among young people age 16 years, the
prevalence of practice of smoking per week is on 24% average (Khandeparkar, Motiani and
Sharma, 2021). Smoking practices not only promotes smoking related health disease also it is a
great contributor in health inequalities. Tobacco consumption practice are efficient to kill one in
tow users. As per the studies, smoking practices in young age may promote diseases such as
sudden death infant syndrome, acute illness due to infections in respiratory tracks, more
complicated and severe asthma, short breathing, middle ear disease, slow development of lungs,
promotes risk of forms of cancers which most likely to induce lung cancer (Mannan, 2020). The
presence of harmful chemicals in the cigarettes makes it harmful. It is well known fact, that one
cigarettes a day is directly linked to one loss of day from individual's life. It can induce death
taking risk factors for a person.

Methods
The challenges of smoking can be addressed though the approach from the models of
health promotion. In this campaign considered health promotion model is Educational model
approach. Education model approach can be helpful in promoting the understanding of healthy
lifestyle and life expectancy which may reduce the practices of smoking. Another approach that
can b considered, in older to fulfil the goals of campaign by advertising (Alexeev and
Weatherburn, 2021). Advertising the product along with harmful effect on minor children might
helpful in promoting better understanding of the concept and can demonstrated why it should be
stopped. Another intervention that can considered to promote health of a individual is Quality of
Life Approach (Pausé, 2017). It can demonstrate individual learning of quality of life so that they
can motivate themselves to quit smoking practices. Among with the variety of qualitative
methodologies, the usage of semi structural questionnaire helped to attain effective results. The
close ended questions were used to analyse the data.
Results
The close ended questions helped to attain intangible parameters as well as critical
findings. It focused on the influential factors and also its related. It has been found that the
influential factors of smoking that can be triggered to individual are stress factors. Such as
anxiety, depression and also restlessness (Umali and et. al., 2021). The youngsters concluded that
they usually feel relax after the in session of smoking. While some individuals stated that
smoking is addictive practices, one wants to quit but technically they can not able to do so. The
tools which are considered in obtaining the results are strong and effective communication in
gathering data in regarding the smoking (Umali and et. al., 2021) .
Discussion
Smoking includes strong social gradient which is major cause of inequalities in health
sectors within Australia. Studies concluded that mental distress is a major contributor in smoking
practices. Anxieties, depression and hypertensions are factors which are highlighted though
research that lead an individual to get influenced through smoking practices (Khandeparkar,
Motiani and Sharma, 2021). Decreasing prevalence of smoking increases individual life
expectancy and also minimise the risk of acute illness and chronic diseases. The key factors
which can helpful in controlling the pre valance of smoking in youngsters can be by providing
strength and support Medicare Stop Smoking Services and can also provide new ways to quitting

for smokers who are unable to stop due to addiction, thorough providing sustainable spending on
the smoking campaigns within markets and restricting sales of cigarettes to youngsters (Bafunno
and et. al., 2020).
Taxation and inclination of price on the tobacco is also one of the effective way that can
help to decrease the prevalent of smoking. Studies concluded that protecting and preventing each
kids from exposures of tobacco consumption can be done through decreasing the affordability,
decreasing the availability of tobacco resources, promoting learning and education of harmful
effects of smoking, exposure to physical activities and also by setting the age to 18 years for
buyers of tobacco products (Mannan, 2020). Education of healthy practices, healthy dietary
pattern should be provided to each individual. Studies further concluded that smoking practices
are able to lead an individual to loose their appetite which can make their body unhealthy and
promotes multiple risk factors to their well-being (Pausé, 2017).
CONCLUSION
As per the report, it has been concluded that smoking is harmful practice along with
development it is becoming common practices all over region of Australia. In order to
acknowledge the issue the campaign should work in collaboration of government which can
provide encouragement in various initiatives in order to decrease the practice of smoking. Health
promotion is proved to be effective strategy that helped individuals to control ease for smoking
and also improved their each aspects of health. Health promotion majorly focus on improvement
of not only environmental as well as social factors that are able to affect the individual's health
and well-being of population and also enables them to gain quality of life.

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