PSYCH 243 Lecture Notes - Human Reproduction, Lung Cancer, Birth Weight
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Currently number 1 cause of actual deaths. 80% begin smoking less than 18 years old. 14% of tobacco chewers 12-17 years old start at about age 10. May be trying to imitate professional athletes. 82% of smokers would like to quit. 88% stated would never start smoking if they could start over. Only a very small percentage have been successful. Nearly tripled since 1972, among young men and teenage boys. Physical and psychological changes make stopping smoking very difficult. Much personal strength needed to stop cold . Some long-term smoking effects may never return to normal. 15% of nonsmokers yearly have lung cancer death (22,000) Despite risks to fetus (low birth weight) Only 23% of people stopped when they became pregnant. Fact: no positive support for using tobacco products by humans. Resistance to accepting the truth that smoking causes disease among: They hold on to self-justifying irrational beliefs.
