Introduction. Tobacco Use Throughout The United States

Tobacco smoking is the largest preventable cause of death and diseases in the United States of America. Close to 480,000 Americans lose their life each year due to illness caused by smoking cigarette. (Healthy People 2020, 2010).

It was not until James Bonsack concocted the cigarette-production machine in 1881 that cigarette smoking got to be broad. Bonsack 's cigarette machine could make 120,000 cigarettes a day. He started a new business with Washington Duke 's child, James "Buck" Duke. They constructed a

Tobacco has been used since before our nation was colonized. During the seventeenth century, many British settlers earned their living in America from

Although tobacco and cigarettes kill 480,000 smokers per year in the United States, kill an estimated 42,000 non-smokers per year in the United States (“Fast Facts”) Cigarettes are one of the most heavily taxed product in the United States. (“RJ Reynolds”) In 2012 the

In 2014, 24.6% of high school students reported that they used some type of tobacco product in the past 30 days (‘National Youth Tobacco Survey’). There are several factors that influence youth to begin using tobacco. Although it is clear that peer pressure can initiate smoking, multiple studies find that tobacco marketing causes an increase in youth tobacco use.

Smoking is injurious to health and a preventable cause of premature death. In the U.S.; it is estimated that one in each five adults smoke currently and about 480,000 people die prematurely from diseases caused by smoking or secondhand smoke exposure. (CDC tobacco use). The economic burden of tobacco use is also significant. About $100 billion per year is spent in medical expenses and another $100 billion per year in lost productivity. There is no safe level of smoking

From 2000 to 2012, the U.S. spent $133 Billion on healthcare costs related to tobacco use; furthermore, productivity loss adds another $156 Billion for a grand total of $289 Billion in costs related to tobacco use.

The idea of a smokeless non-tobacco cigarette started in 1960. This idea was founded by Herbert A. Gilbert. “Herbert Claimed to have thought of the idea for his design from things burning, like leaves and wood that would produce a smoke you just would not want to take into your lungs. His idea was to eliminate the combustion and this would eliminate the unwanted burning

Cigarettes are the most important substance to address in the United States because they are not only extremely addictive, but they have the potential to cause a variety of serious health conditions and affect individuals who are close to and care for the user. Tobacco use poses a serious health threat especially among the young population of America and has significant implications for the nation’s public and economic health in the future. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the impact of cigarette smoking on the economy is huge. Seventy-five percent of American health care money spent is due to the effects of tobacco causing various chronic diseases. Such diseases include, diabetes, heart disease, cancers, congenital defects, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), stroke, birth defects, etc. “Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases, and reduced the health of smokers in general” (CDC, 2015).

The evaluated sociodemographics were sex (male, female), race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic dark, Hispanic, and other), and age (9-14, 15-16, >/= 17y) (Persoskie, Donaldson, & King, 2016). The National Youth Tobacco Survey data was from the US middle and high school students who did pencil-and-paper, school-based, cross-sectional, and self-administered

An estimated 36.5 million or 15.1 % of adults aged 18 years old and older currently smoke cigarettes and more than 16,000,000 have smoking or live with diseases that are related to smoking. According to US department of health and human services, over the past five decades, there is a significant decline in cigarette smoking in the U.S. The progress has slowed in recent years and the prevalence of use of other tobacco products such as vapes, e-cigars and smokeless tobacco

In the United State more than 3,200 youth 18 years or younger smoke their first cigarette each day. Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of disease and death (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services [USDHHS], 2017). Tobacco is currently a legal addictive drug in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, tobacco use and addiction mostly begins and established primarily as an adolescent and in young adulthood. It is estimated that in 2015, 4.7 million students in middle and high school were current tobacco users. For every 10 youth, nine would have started smoking by the age of 18. Furthermore, if smoking continues at today’s current rate, it is projected that adolescents under the age of 18

Nowadays students are not only being pressured to smoke by their peers and by their surrounding, but they are also watching their parents smoke. Many teens have been influenced by

The tobacco industry is important to the economy. In 1991, worldwide tobacco sales exceeded $59.8 billion and in 1992 the industry was rated as one of the top one hundred advertisers (Pechmann and Ratneshwar, 1994). However, there are high prices to pay - socially, economically, and personally - as a result of this industry. Annual mortality figures indicate that cigarette smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States. An estimated 390,000 people die each year of smoke related illnesses, which is greater than the combined mortality for cocaine, crack, AIDS, homicide, suicide, and alcohol abuse (Botvin, G., Baker, Botvin, E., Dusenbury, Cardwell, and Diaz, 1993).

Tobacco; one of the most profitable products in history, an addictive substance, and a deadly killer. Smoking tobacco used to be a thing that was endorsed in American society. Now, with the new medical advances and knowledge, society has seen the side effects of smoking and how fatal it actually is. Teenagers have been one of the largest age groups that have been affected by smoking. After analyzing all possible reasons as to why teenagers would smoke while knowing it can affect their health, three possible reasons stuck out the most. Teenagers smoke despite knowing the health problems that originate from smoking because of peer pressure, an “invincibility” mentality, and seeing a role model or family member smoke.