HLTH102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Physical Dependence
27 Mar 2017
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Tobacco consumption was a lot lower in the 1920s, then peaked in the 60s and 70s and has been slowly decreasing every year, 4. 7 million smokers in canada, ~35, 000 deaths causes more than 24 different diseases, lung cancer in canada kills more people (2x) than breast cancer. Reduction in smoking weren"t because of clinical intervention: decrease has been because we changed the environment reduce advertising, increase costs, We are less likely to smoke than those who aren"t done high school, finished high school or finished college. China is increasing: you can buy cheap cigarettes in china. Filter ventilation tobacco was identical but the filtration made it seem like its not. E-cigs are less harmful because they way its delivered. Policy and prevention: what does it mean to be addicted, addiction was defined as physiological dependence, when a person cannot control the impulse to use drugs even when there are negative consequences- the defining characteristics of addiction.
