PUBPOL 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, Passive Smoking, Health Equity
21 Oct 2017
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Module 2 reading 1: health disparities in tobacco smoking and. Smoking rates on the decline over the past 50 years: reduction in cigarette smoking is one of the top public health achievements in the 20th and 21st centuries. In the past 10 years, declines in cigarette smoking have slowed among adults: 42 million americans smoke, tobacco exposure, including cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure is the leading cause of preventable death in america. Smoking related diseases: cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, 90% lung cancer (leading cause of cancer mortality), sudden infant death syndrome and other conditions: economic costs: Indirect costs due to productivity losses are billion and medical expenses range from. In general smoking causes preventable diseases (some fatal) and incurs substantial medical and productivity costs. Populations in the usa who disproportionately experience tobacco related health disparities: african americans and whites have similar smoking rates.
