Essays on Passive Smoking

Results:

Demographics and Smoking Rates: This study involves 80 PHCPs as participants out of which 51.1% aged between 25 and 35. The gender-based ration was (86.8%) female to male. Most of the participants (86.5%) were GP doctors. These ratios can be seen in Figure 1 and 2.

Smoking Rates and Practices:

Based on demographics and diagrammatic (figure 3) illustrations it was found that only 15% involved PHCPs were smokers out of which males ratio was higher (24%) in comparison to females which was only 11%. The observed variation p was significant (p=0.006). Only 5% participants had been ex-smokers while a major segment of 80% ...

Presentation of Problem

Smoking is a major concern in WSU. Currently, the institution’s smoking area is emitting so much smoke in the environment that in turn induces non-smokers to passive smoking (WSU, 2016). Passive smoking is involuntary smoking that occurs as a result of inhaling smoke from the cigarette tip and the one that is exhaled by an active smoker(s) (environmental tobacco smoke). Just like active smoking, passive smoking can have far-reaching consequences on the non-smoker’s health. For instance, both the smokers and non-smokers in the university are likely to be diagnosed with smoking-related illnesses such as lung cancer, ...

Cigarette smoking in the smoking-free zone in the Washington State University is currently a major concern. Those using tobacco in the institution incorporate the faculty, students, and other individuals visiting the University (WSU, 2013). It implies that so many people are utilizing the facility, smoking area that ends up emitting too much smoke in the environment. The smoke is in turn inhaled by other students who are not active smokers. These students end up joining the smoking chain as passive smokers due to their exposure to the environmental tobacco smoke. Passive smoking happens involuntarily. In some cases, an individual ...

Overview

Currently, the smoking area in WSU is filled with a lot of smoke as a result of too much smoking. It, in turn, induces passive smoking to nonsmokers in the institution. Just like active smoking, passive smoking is also associated with lots of adverse health implications since it causes infections such as lung cancer, lower respiratory tract diseases, and asthma amongst others. These illnesses can lead to losing of lives as well as financial losses (Yi Nam et al., 2016). It is essential to devise a way that can be applied to countering smoking associated health concerns in WSU. ...

Smoking is one of the most harmful habits dangerous to the health of not only smokers but also others. Currently, smoking has become a massive "epidemic" common among men, women and even children. The fact that smoking is harmful to health know everyone, but not all realize the true extent of its impact. Damage to health damage is delayed in time and not immediate, but gradual, usually after 10-20 years after the onset of smoking. Therefore, many smokers at first do not notice changes in their health status and believe that nothing will happen to them in the future, ...

Today the problem of smoking is very actual. There is a great number of people, that smoke everywhere. That is why, non smokers are hostage of the situation. In this case, the non smokers cannot be a side of this global disaster of society. Also, people smoke in public areas, which is not acceptable, because there are a lot of people and children that do not smoke. It is dangerous for their health. They have to defend their own rights. The smoking is a bad habit and million of people suffer from this dependence, but nevertheless it is not ...

Introduction

Following a decline, since the mid to late 1990s, in the number of young people smoking, more recent reports have indicated that these numbers are now, once again, beginning to rise. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), figures from a 2005 study indicate that 23% of high school students had smoke in the month prior, which shows an increase from 21.9% in a 2003 study (Family First Aid, 2000-2006). This figure alone is enough to prompt fears that smoking could begin to grip our nation’s youth, irrespective of the amount of anti-smoking education that they are presented ...