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¶ … Cigarette Smoke on Different Populations
By now, it has become common knowledge that cigarette smoke is harmful to one's health. However, what is not as well understood is how cigarette smoke impacts different populations in different ways. Smokers feel more of an impact from cigarette smoke than other groups. Elderly smokers are disproportionately impacted by cigarette smoke. However, even nonsmokers can feel the impact of cigarette smoke through secondhand smoke. This paper will explore and describe the impact of smoking on each of these three populations.
First, cigarette smoke has a tremendous negative impact on smokers. Nearly one in five deaths in the United States are due to smoking (CDC, 2000). In fact, "more deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined" (CDC, 2000). Smokers have 2 to 4 times the risk of coronary heart disease or stroke than nonsmokers (CDC, 2000). Male smokers are 23...
Cigarette smoking causes cardiovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, lung cancer, lung diseases, and a wide variety of cancers (CDC, 2000).
While all smokers are vulnerable to the negative health consequences of smoking, the elderly are disproportionately impacted by the negative health consequences of smoking. First, the elderly are more likely to be experiencing the negative health impacts of smoking, due to the fact that most smoking diseases are cumulative. Older smokers are less likely than younger smokers to try to quit smoking, but they are more likely to be successful when they do try to quit (Burns, 2000). Lung cancer is the largest cause of excess smoking-related mortality in those over 60 years of age (Burns, 2000). Moreover, as people age, the excess death rate from chronic obstructive lung disease equals that of cardiovascular disease (Burns, 2000). The…
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Burns, D.M. (2000). Cigarette smoking among the elderly: disease consequences and the benefits of cessation. Am J. Health Promot, 14(6): 357-61.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012, January 10). Health effects of cigarette smoking. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics / fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/
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