STRATEGY TO REDUCE TOBACCO CONSUMPTION

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Level: Master
Strategy to reduce Tobacco Consumption
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Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................3
Justification of Research ............................................................................................................. 6
Aim of the Study........................................................................................................................... 7
Objectives of the Study ................................................................................................................ 7
Research Questions..................................................................................................................... 7
Literature Review......................................................................................8
Methodology............................................................................................12
Research Philosophy ............................................................................................................. 12
1.3.2 Research Approach....................................................................................................... 13
Advantages of Secondary Research....................................................................................... 14
Limitations............................................................................................................................. 14
Conclusion ..............................................................................................15
Bibliography...........................................................................................17
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Introduction
Smoking may be appealing because it symbolizes a transgression of the prohibition.
However, when people started smoking during adolescence, it is more difficult to overcome, so
the best solution is to never start or stop immediately. It is commonly believed that smoking
affects the health of smokers only later in life, after many years of smoking or chewing tobacco.
In fact, the negative health effects begin to occur shortly after the adoption of smoking.
The most serious danger of smoking is tobacco addiction (Greaves, 2002). Although the
lack of research makes it difficult to say with certainty how quickly addiction to nicotine takes
young smokers, existing indices suggest that most smokers and smokeless tobacco users become
addicted before the end of adolescence. That dependence is a major concern because it makes
almost impossible to give up smoking later, even if the smoker wants. This dependence increases
the risk of developing smoking-related diseases and dying prematurely.
Smoking is immediately raised the heart rate and blood pressure. Smoking also increases
the physical effects of stress on the body from other sources. Cigarette smoking has been
associated with the onset and severity of atherosclerosis (hardening and thickening of the arteries
with fatty degeneration) in men of 15 to 34 years. Smoking introduces carbon monoxide in the
body and reduces the ability of blood to carry oxygen, and increases the resting heart rate and
basal metabolism. These effects cancel out the benefits of endurance training in smokers. The
effects of smoking on physical fitness are influenced by dose (Sloan, Smith & Taylor, 76). This 
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means that the importance of consequences refers to the duration of smoking and amount
smoked.
Smoking reduces ventilator function in smokers, which is clear evidence of damage to
small airways of the lungs of smokers in the twenties. There is a correlation between smoking
and increased rates of cough, phlegm, wheezing, colds and shortness of breath. Smoking
aggravates the problems caused by asthma, and lung function abnormalities associated with
smoking are more pronounced in asthmatics. It was found that asthma is more common among
young people aged 11 to 16 who smoke and the evolution of this disease during childhood and
early adulthood is less satisfactory in smokers (Mehta & Preston, 2012).
The most serious consequences of smoking are chronic and fatal diseases occur most
often later in life, after longer periods of smoking and greater consumption (Pirie, 2012).
However, many of these diseases occur when the smoker is very young, and are more likely to
occur when started smoking early. The risk of lung cancer is much more severe in smokers who
started smoking before the age of 20 than those who started later. The increase in risk is more
closely related to the duration of smoking than the amount of tobacco consumed. Similarly,
evidence suggests that the risk of dying from coronary heart disease is higher a