Health Sciences 3400A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Smoking Cessation, Local Exchange Trading System, Nicotine
16 Oct 2018
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Lecture 7 our journey to a smoke-free campus guest speaker. Tobacco policy: name the policy/approach + name the tool, smoking cessation policies/programs, restricted smoking areas, cigarettes are covered/hidden in gas stations/convenience stores, different flavors of cigarettes. Historical trends in smoking: ontario in 2015, smoking prevalence: 11. 3% (1 303 000 smokers) compared to 12. 6% in 2013, males: 13. 3% (748 000 smokers) Females: 9. 4% (555 000 smokers: average daily cigarette consumption: 13. 2 cpd compared to 13. 0 cpd in 2013, males: 15. 7 cpd. Females: 10. 5 cpd: average price per carton (~200 cig): . 64. 2010 federal legislation banned flavours (except menthol) in cigarettes, little cigars/cigarillos, and blunt wraps; 2/3 (68%) of canadians who have ever been smokers have now quit. 2/3 (66%) of current smokers (in all age groups) seriously consider quitting in the next 6 months. > of smokers tried to quit in the past year. 2/3 of quitters cited heath as main reason for quitting.
