Psychology 2036A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Peer Pressure, Substance Abuse, Lung Cancer

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: yves bureau

Document Summary

Smoking: #1 preventable cause of death and disease in canada: overall rates dropping, 17% of canadians 15 year olds or older smoke, rates higher in. In countries with low to middle class status, smoking is increasing leading to greater health problems: becoming a regular smoker, habits tend to develop slowly, different people smoke for different reasons, positive-affect smoker. Smoker who smokes to attain positive affect (feel better) It may relax: gratify sensorimotor needs, negative-affect smoker, reduce negative affect such as anxiety, guilt etc. Stress in a person"s life may elicit smoking or starting to smoker after a period of quitting: habitual smoker. Health consequences of smoking: reduced life expectancy and increased risk of many illnesses, cardio and cerebrovascular disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, environmental tobacco smoke (ets) -related cardio disease from passive smoking, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. Increases the risks by 2x compared to the general population.