LDA Consulting Incorporation Paper

One of my first memories in the United States was taking a Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E) class. I was in sixth grade and a top student, as talking about drugs and alcohol and the way they affect us was fascinating to me. This is why, the following year, I volunteered to become a peer educator in Teens Against Tobacco Use (T.A.T.U). For a couple of years, I gave presentations to young students which included facts, demonstrations, and games, to spread the knowledge that tobacco is harmful and that staying away from smoking prolongs life expectancy and increases the quality of life. It should come as no surprise, then, that I consider myself a big proponent of staying tobacco-free and encouraging others to quit smoking as a great way to promote health. I remember watching my mom and sister as they took part in their nightly ritual of smoking a few cigarettes to unwind. “Did you know that a main component of cigarettes is used as rocket fuel?” I would ask them, as I opened the window and they stared back at me blankly. “We know, we know” was the answer every time. I knew that convincing them to quit was no easy task, but I was committed. Day after day, I proudly stated a new fact about the evils of smoking. Finally one day, they quit. At first, they attributed it to the cost. Since we had just immigrated to the United States, the cost of cigarettes was simply not something they could afford. I didn’t believe it. I proudly

Tobacco use; despite efforts to curb it, have remained unsatisfactory high. The ACA aims to improve this by making smoking cessation programs affordable or free in health care policies; by funding local communities sponsoring outreach programs aimed at at-risk populations, and media campaigns graphically illustrating the dangers tobacco use [3].

The community that I will be describing is the city of Long Beach. In this city there are many people of age and ethnicity. This city is very diverse in having many people of different cultures and backgrounds. Downtown Long Beach is where people go to eat, have fun and hang out near the Pike. At the Pike is where you’ll find a lot of young people going to the movies or shopping. In this city it is filled with young adults and they are the majority of the community. A lot of the young adults have jobs and there are some that are going to school. Younger adults are more prone to trying new things which sometimes can lead into a health issue. In this city I will be discussing a main health problem that might be relatable to other cities. The health problem that will be discussed is the use of tobacco products in young adults. Some products are cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vapes, chewing tobacco, and hookah. These products are used daily by young adults in this community.

Over the last few decades, tobacco and nicotine prevention efforts have risen to an all time high. Prevention efforts focus on education to the public of the negative effects on one’s health when using tobacco and nicotine products, as well as with pleas to healthcare policymakers to increase restrictions on product manufacturing and sales. One policy effort growing in popularity in the United States is called Tobacco 21, which proposes to raise the legal age of purchase for consumers of tobacco and nicotine products to 21 years of age (Farber, Pakhale, & Neptune, 2016). Farber, Pakhale, and Neptune (2016) state that 90% of tobacco and nicotine users begin smoking before the age of 18, with 99% of users starting before the age of 26. Lower smoking cessation rates are associated with earlier ages of initiation and the tobacco industry is known to target youth in advertisement of these products lending to the early age of initiation. The tobacco industry themselves admit that increasing the age allowed for purchase to exclude youth would substantially effect their sales. Tobacco 21 laws also deter adolescents from gaining tobacco or nicotine products from friends 18 to 21 years of age, which is the most likely age group to supply younger teens. With this knowledge, placing tighter restrictions on consumers younger than 21 years of age, using the Tobacco 21 policy, may deter tobacco and nicotine initiation in hopes to prevent individual use at all in the future (Farber

In fact, the tobacco industry has suffered ever since antismoking advertising has begun (Johnston, p. 107). According to statistics, 4 in every 10 Americans who are in 12th grade have tried cigarettes, and 1 in 10 consider themselves current smokers. As well as, 1 in 5, 8th graders have tried cigarettes, and 1 in 16 consider themselves current smokers (Johnston, p. 107). Now that society is aware of the harms of tobacco, it is important to decrease such rates of smoking amongst youth. Not only are there commercials about the risks of cigarette smoking, but also there are commercials that promote living above the influence of all drugs, including alcohol and marijuana. Lastly, as research continues to improve, and new drugs arise it is important to keep youth educated on the risks of using such drugs. It is important to keep our youth safe from the dangers of

“In every other state that has significantly raised cigarette taxes, smoking rates have gone down, and the US Surgeon General said this especially true among kids” (Yeson56). If the prices is at higher rate for the youth not being able to afford, the rates will decrease. As the years goes by, in the state of California, the youth becomes attached to their deadly products. Eventually one-third of the consumers die from deadly diseases (Yeson56). In recently studies, many die from the tobacco production. Not only adults, but also our youth. The ones who are suppose to be future generation of our country. If tobacco production is killing the youth, then a barrier must be built and that's raising the price for a better price. Public health professor, Dina Borzekowski, a graduate from University of Maryland, College Park, states that children are highly interested in Tobacco’s marketing (Erin Brodwin). Even a health professor can see that tobacco production can be easily attach to the youth and knowing the cost, many can easily have some in

There are three levels of health promotion prevention. The first level of prevention is primary prevention. The main purpose is for individuals take a proactive approach through health promotion to decrease the risk of obtaining a disease before it occurs. The focus is on making individuals, families and communities aware of health related issues. An example would be an educational program with school-aged children. The program would be based on the effects of smoking, facts and myths about smoking, smokeless tobacco use, costs of smoking, advertising awareness, smoke free environment and advocacy (Tingen, Andrews & Stevenson, 2009). Nurses with evidenced based practice to inform children, as well as their parents, of the effects of smoking, conducted these programs and studies. Secondary level of health promotion is when an individual moves away from unhealthy behavior and the disease or behavior is identified before symptoms occur. Screenings and diagnostic tests are used to help identify health problems and information is provided on transformations that can be made to help reduce the risk of chronic health problems. An example of this would be aimed at helping individuals who smoke tobacco with successful cessation. The Computerized Adolescent Smoking Cessation Program (CASCP) which was developed by a family nurse practitioner, Deborah Fritz, targeted youth that were in the pre-contemplation and

Young people may start to be curious about smoking at some point in time in their life. They might like the idea of doing something dangerous or something that makes them look like an adult. Young people do not know that smoking and tobacco use can cause cancer and heart disease. They do not look into the future to worry about the consequences. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States (Persoskie, Donaldson, & King, 2016). In this cohort study, there was a research if there was an interest about or ever-utilization of tobacco items among the US middle and high school students changed from 2012 to 2014. The research data came from the 2012 and 2014 National Youth Tobacco Surveys of US students in grades 6 through 12 (Persoskie, Donaldson, & King, 2016). 2014 data of students who used cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, and e-cigarettes were classified as ever-users or never-users of each product. The never-users were questioned about their curiosity about each product if they had been definitely, probably, probably not, or definitely not been curious about using the products.

The extent to which tobacco advertising contributes to the increase in smoking habits has been debated and still is being debated. The focus is heavily on the degree to which the advertising affects adolescents. Previous research which is explored above, suggests significant relationships between smoking behavior among youth and these advertisements. Tobacco companies on the other hand, have tried to prove their ads are not directed towards our youth. Specifically, the R.J. Reynolds tobacco company has run full page ads in national magazines advising youth to not smoke. They have asserted

The focus of the primary level is to have the client avoid or reduce high risk behaviors. The article by Prokhorov et al. (2010) demonstrates primary promotion. The team utilized an interactive computer program to reach high school students for smoking prevention. Cigarette smoking is the foremost avert reason for morbidity, mortality as well as decrease in life expectancy.

Each day, more than 5,200 people under the age of eighteen smoke their first cigarette, and approximately 3,100 youth and young adults become daily smokers (Youth Tobacco Smoking Rates Putting Millions At Risk Of Premature Death. n. pag.). These numbers are unusually high and are most likely due to the excessive amount of tobacco advertisement. Today in the United States tobacco companies spend more than eleven billion dollars on tobacco advertising, targeting mostly younger generations of people. Some may argue that this type of advertisement is beneficial in the U.S because it brings in billions of dollars in revenue that can be used for many different purposes. However many are concerned about young adults and

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

According to the book, Peddling Poison: The Tobacco Industry and Kids, Many young people have the false impression that the effect of smoking and other tobacco use are problems they will only have to face much later in life. Many youth who start smoking think they can quit the habit easily. (Snell, C., 2005)

Youth tobacco smoking has been associated with so many factors. To start with social and physical environments have been associated with this because of the way the mass media shows tobacco smoking as a normal thing and this has promoted tobacco use among the youths. Parental smoking has also contributed because their parents are role models and they always follow their steps. Secondly there are some genetic and biological factors that contribute to this. This occurs where it is more difficult for the youths to quit smoking compared to the adults. Also mothers who develops habits of smoking while they are pregnant they are likely to give birth to offspring’s that become regular smokers. The third reason is peer influence which affects youth tobacco. This influence occurs mostly where there is lack of skills to resist the influence from fellow peers due to fear of being hated and discriminated, lack of involvement from the parents and low self-image or esteem. Recommended tobacco smoking prevention interventions target multiple levels. Effective advocacy is needed to influence factors at individual, social, environmental, and policy levels. This paper describes the rationale for engaging youth in tobacco smoking prevention advocacy efforts targeting environment and policy changes to curb tobacco smoking among the youths. Advocacy involves education, skill development, and behavior and attitude changes, with the goal of persuading others or taking action. Youth advocacy has

Today one of our biggest challenges as public health professionals is tobacco use which is a leading cause of deaths that be prevented with public health campaign intervention programs. According to the American Lung Association (2010), 6.4 million current child smokers will die a premature death from a smoking-related disease. The campaign is working to give teenagers information on understanding the health risks associated with smoking and long-term health risk when they become adults. By using the support of different models on behavior following we can gain a better understanding on how and why adolescents respond the way they do to smoking. It is important that a campaign on tobacco and nicotine emphasizes awareness