Category: Smoking

E-Cigarettes Smoking: Threat or Solution? Vaping, Threat, or Solution? Smoking has become a serious challenge having a catastrophic influence on human health. As there have been massive anti-smoking campaigns, it has become less acute because more people are concerned about the negative outcomes of this bad practice. Nevertheless, the new challenge looms on the horizon…

Harmful Effects of Smoking: Why to Quit Smoking? The harm of smoking to the human body lies in its ability to stimulate the development of severe systemic diseases, which can be fatal. Today, smoking is the most widespread harmful habit that claims many lives and causes concern for both smokers and non-smokers in society. In…

Smoking Cessation and Increase in Quality of Life Table of Contents Introduction Effects of COPD Smoking Cessation and Quality of Life Conclusion References Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ranks amid the most widespread chronic diseases across the globe and is currently the third major source of death in the United States. In the course…

Smoking Cessation and Patient Teaching Plan Introduction Risk factors Genetic eyesight problems High blood pressure family history Current low blood pressure Smoking (uses one pack of tobacco per day) Several surgeries, head trauma Increased risk for developing a preventable disease Myopia, cataract, and glaucoma Hypertension Hypotension Lung cancer, diseases of heart and blood vessels Depression,…

Correlating Smoking to Comorbidities Since the smoking rate has been decreasing for over a decade, the prevalence of complications and comorbidities has declined. Studies have indicated that the rate of smoking reduced from 24.1% to 19.0% in over a decade in the United States (Hackshaw et al., 2018). Despite the decline, smokings negative impacts on…

Smoking Should Be Banned in Public Places Smoking is considered to be one of the most dangerous problems of every nation since in many cases it leads to fourteen different types of cancer, including pancreatic, renal, bladder, mouth, stomach, liver and cervical cancer. Being the single biggest cause of cancer in the world, smoking causes…

Cigarette Smoking Cessation Methods Cigarette smoking is a one the major preventable cause of diseases in the United States and throughout the world. Cigarette smoking causes more than 400,000 deaths annually. In 2000, it was estimated to have caused more than five million premature deaths worldwide. In United States alone the loss from smoking consequences…

Impact of Smoking on a Pregnant Woman Smoking has various effects on a pregnant woman; it affects both the unborn child and the expectant woman. Prolonged or excessive smoking is even more detrimental to the health of a pregnant woman. Unfortunately, there is a sizeable number of women who still smoke when they are expecting…

The US Veterans: The Problem of Tobacco Smoking Veterans form an important cultural group in the society. The saddening fact is that such veterans have always been a major challenge to healthcare givers. Although the rate of tobacco use among American veterans has been declining, those returning from Afghanistan and Iraq are smoking at an…

The Pharmacists Action on Smoking Program Table of Contents Purpose Rationale Methods Findings Conclusions Reference List Purpose The purpose of the research is to analyze and evaluate the results of the Pharmacists Action on Smoking program and to consider whether its impact on society in the relation to smoking cessation is higher than in comparison…