HLTH 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Paternalism, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Tobacco Advertising
31 Jan 2017
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Voigt, k: smoking and social justice public health. Even though smokers do, in a sense, choose" to smoke, the extent to which these choices can legitimize the resulting inequalities is limited by the unequal circumstances in which they are made. Targeted advertising, unequal dissemination of information about the health risks of smoking and inequalities in smoking norms that make the disadvantaged more likely to become smokers and less likely to quit successfully. Smoking kills approximately 5 million people worldwide every year. By 2030, tobacco will cause about 10 million deaths per year, Smokers are also more likely to have a lower health-related quality of life than non-smokers, due to diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) and asthma. Financial opportunity cost of smoking means that fewer resources are available for other purchases, including basic items such as food; At the global level, smoking prevalence is rising in low- and middle- income countries, while falling in many industrialized countries.
