Cigarettes And Other Nicotine Products

The smoking cessation was witnessed by the author throughout her placement. This was used on a daily basis in the community by district nurses, health visitors, but especially by the general practice nurses as being incorporated in each consultation in the form of advices, leaflets, smoking cessation programs including medication and follow-ups.

It is the most common addiction throughout the world with 1.1 trillion people smoking currently, consisting about a third of the population over 15 years old. While nicotine is the addictive substance in the tobacco that causes addiction, tobacco will increase health risks of heart attack and vascular diseases. Nicotine dependency is a complex brain disease, and we need to start thinking of it as such. New ways of ingesting this substance have been created, that try to lure and appeal to demographic, particularly younger, to consume nicotine. Regardless of how many years someone has smoked, stopping at any point will valuable and improve your quality of life. Changing the public’s view on addiction is a subject of importance, so many of others can view this as a brain disease more than a personal decision. To fight this addiction, you have to rewire your behaviors in your brain and have a drive to overcome this horrific addiction. The brain can luckily keep changing and be trained to stop cravings with a multitude of different strategies. Anyone can be affected by addiction, we need start treating addicts with evidence-based practices rather than jailing them. Through more education and laws enforced, we can only hope that the number of tobacco users can decrease more and everyone can learn to live a healthier, full life without addiction and the painful diseases that derive from

The addiction to tobacco, nicotine, and smoking is something the humans have embraced and battled since the early 1800’s. With more and more people falling into the habit and becoming addicted, many detrimental health effects on the body caused people to question what was going on and what was causing these negative reactions in the body. Soon enough, the healthy and “cool” cigarettes that everyone was smoking became the face of lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, birth defects, and many other deadly bodily reactions. In the early 2000’s electronic cigarettes (ECs) were developed by a Chinese pharmacist that hoped to allow smokers to maintain their nicotine addiction, but limit or end the harmful and detrimental effects of tobacco on the body, due to his father’s death of tobacco-attributable lung cancer.1 A typical EC consists of a rechargeable lithium battery, a heating tool called an atomizer, which vaporizes a humectant (typically propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, and/or polyethylene glycol 400). The humectant contains liquid nicotine. When the smoker inhales, the heating tool is activated by an airflow sensor, and the nicotine is vaporized.1 2

Smoking is a severe health issue which can results in pain, sickness and depression. Not only does the misuses of tobacco and nicotine have a devastating

The relatable health problem is tobacco use. Tobacco can be used in many ways, but most commonly it is smoked or chewed. I chose this health topic because it is a concerned of mine on how many young adults use tobacco. According to healthy people 2020, “10.9 percent of young adults aged 18 to 25 years who had not previously used tobacco products in their lifetime first used tobacco products in the past 12 months in 2008” This shows that young adults are trying and experimenting at a young age. I will be doing

In the study, 787 smokers in Massachusetts were tracked after they quit smoking for five years. During that time, they answered three surveys about their smoking use. With each survey, an

Cigarette smoking is widely accepted as one of the most readily available addictive substances a person can buy. A person may visit any corner store, any gas station, and there would be a strong chance cigarettes would be sold behind the register. A respiratory Therapists practice revolves around the lungs, not only do they treat patients suffering from pulmonary diseases, but they also help patients move away from unhealthy habits which may have a damaging impact on their lungs and respiratory system, namely smoking. The following points will further explore the Respiratory Therapist part in smoking cessation, such as their role in patient education and prevention, patient counseling as well as their role in forming a treatment

Smoking cessation: The status is uncontrolled and patient is willing to try to quit smoking.

The first participants Vince, 21 from Romania between smoked 15-20 cigarettes a day. Since completing the study, Vince is the only one to have quit

Debate, continues in our society on, whether or not certain foods, fads, and devices help us make healthier choices. Many individuals tend, to follow any new trend that says it “will make you live longer” or that “it is better for you.” The only ways to ensure whether these trends are true or not is through the use of scientific research.

hazardous chemicals that regular cigarettes do. It is unfair that electronic cigarettes are not always included in laws pertaining to the use of nicotine based products in public places. Bystanders should not have to face problems that a change in legislation could fix. The authors of this article went on to describe a study that was conducted to show how often users smoked cigarettes, how many cigarettes they averagely smoked at once, and where users received second hand smoke. Many of the places that users smoked and were around other smokers, were public areas. Second hand smoke will drastically decrease if clean air laws included electronic cigarettes under the same category as traditional smoking. After the results of the study were

There was a commercial that came out that went against the Tobacco Company sponsored by the funny side of the truth this commercial showed many teenagers dancing around in the street singing there must have been a typo. They were saying typo in reference to number of people who lost their lives due to tobacco products. This commercial was a correlation experiment because they just looked at the statics and used them to make the assumption that tobacco products are bad for your health.

Tobacco contains several properties that are hazardous to the human body. Individuals associated with tobacco use are exposed to 172 toxic substances, 47 chemicals restricted as hazardous waste, and 67 known human or animal carcinogens (Goldenberg et al., 2014). All of which hold large effects on the user. Chronic diseases are associated with exposure to these chemicals. Smokers are at risk for developing atherosclerosis, various cancer types, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (Goldenberg et al., 2014). Users may not agree or actualize the effects that tobacco use has on the body because the effects have not presented themselves yet. With the efforts in educating on smoking and QoL negative outcomes the development of patient centered interventions can potentially arise. Such as understanding the connection between QoL and

Tobacco cigarettes have been around for a long time and is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States. Many people start to smoke cigarettes when they are in high school and continue on throughout their adult lives. Many teenagers see advertising for cigarettes on television or on billboards and they may start to have some curiosity about cigarettes that makes them want to try them. What if there was a way to reduce the number of cigarette smoker in the United States and help the population?

Is it possible to quit smoking, something that is highly addictive? The answer is yes. Smoking cessation can be achieved. Cessation is defined as being brought to an end. Smoking is not only addicting, it damages the human body. Anczak and Nogler (2003) stated, “tobacco use is the world’s leading preventable cause of death in the United States, accounting for 430,000 deaths annually.” When tobacco smoke is inhaled the nicotine makes its way to the brain, producing a feeling of relaxation and stress relief. The feeling is short-lived as the body rids itself of the drug, and that is when the craving of another cigarette occurs. Smoking causes many diseases such as cancer, heart disease, stoke, lung disease, diabetes, and several more. A patient reaching his or her optimal level of health, while maintaining safety, is a health care provider’s goal. Cessation of smoking must be achieved to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The thesis of this paper is smoking cessation can be safely achieved by participation of the individual, his or her willingness to quit, participation of the healthcare staff, safe smoking cessation interventions, and a strong support system.