Sociology 2180A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Peer Pressure, The Facebook Effect, Confidence Interval
21 Apr 2018
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Lecture 11 social relationships, social networks and health. Smoking is the most strongly tied to morbidity and mortality. Has the strongest influence on the most systems of the body. From 1999-2012, smoking prevalence has declined around all age groups. There have been significantly sharp declines among young people but have started to level off. The people who have been smoking for the longest time are more addicted to smoking and are less likely to quit in comparison to younger people. The education group that are most likely to smoke are those w/ less than secondary education and the least likely to smoke are the ones who"ve completed university. Trends changed to this prior to the 1960s the pattern was reversed. Canada"s federal government began national tobacco control initiatives in 1986. Some targeted young people, was through the health care system (family doctors), and hospitals. Smoke-free ontario goals for 2016: decreasing the number of youth trying tobacco.
