Youth Smoking Cessation And Why It Matters

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Youth Smoking Cessation And Why It Matters

Facts About Smoking

Health hazards:◦Most people killed by tobacco are not mainly heavy smokers , but mostly teenagers

◦Most smokers die prematurely from their smoking, on average 14 years earlier than non-smokers

◦Smoking kills one in two of those who continue to smoke past age 35◦There is evidence that smoking can cause about 40 different diseases

Exposure of children to second-hand smoke:◦can cause middle ear effusion◦increases the risk of croup, pneumonia and bronchiolitis ◦increases the frequency and severity of asthma episodes◦is a risk factor for induction of asthma in asymptomatic children.

(Douglas, 2013;Salama, 2011)

Smoking Kills

Car crashes

Homicide

Fires

Suicide

Graphics And Figures

Percent of all public middle and high school

youth (<age 18) merged who report use of any

tobacco product, 2010:17.4%

By Cigarettes, 2010: 7.6%

By Cigars, 2010: 9.95

By Smokeless tobacco, 2010: 2.8%

(Prince George’s county health department,2012)

90% of Marylanders who start using tobacco for the first time are youth under 18 years old

occurrence of tobacco use is considerably higher among high school youth than middle school youth (23.8% and 7.9%)

Progression of smoking by any tobacco product (minority youth), 2010: 17.2%

(Prince George’s county health department, 2012)

College Students & Smoking

Charts / Graphs

Environmental Impact

Cigarette Litter - Poison

◦ Cigarette butts contains carcinogenic (cancer-causing) chemicals


Economic Benefits smoke less school Policies

• Reduced student health care costs• Reduced absenteeism• Increased students productivity• Reduced fire damage

⚫(Douglas, 2013;Salama, 2011)

Economic Impact

Healthy People 2020’s Tobacco Prevention Objectives:

• Reduce tobacco use by adults and adolescents

• Reduce the initiation of tobacco use by adolescents, and young adults

• Reduce the proportion of non-smokers exposed to secondhand smoke

◾(Douglas, 2013;Salama, 2011)

Government Leadership

Government Leadership (cont.)e.g. The Tobacco-Free school Initiative

(TFCCI):

Vision:Widespread expansion of tobacco-free policies to institutions of higher learning across the U.S.

Goals:1. Foster a collaborative, cooperative effort

among academic institutions and partners in the public health community

2. Expand awareness in academia and among the public of the need for and benefits of such policies

3. Facilitate information flow and access to technical assistance


Communications and social media:

E-mail blasts, mobile digital media, Facebook, widgets, Myspace, television, radio, print and tobacco product samples.


Planning & Implementation

ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS

The following elements must added to get the best out of the realization of any campaign to reduce smoking Cessation:

◦School-Based Programs◦Enforcement◦Monitoring and Evaluation◦Related Policy Efforts


Examples of Smokeless Tobacco


GUIDING PRINCIPLES Fund:

◦ Unless properly financed, tobacco prevention will have little effect against the marketing efforts of the tobacco industry (over $8 billion each year).

◦ CDC has issued funding guidelines for state tobacco control programs, which can serve as a basis for planning.

Promoting Smoking Cessation - Go smoke Free !⚫THE FIVE A’S:

⚫ ASK :identify and document smoking status⚫ ASSESS : assess a person’s willingness to quit⚫ ADVISE : offer cessation advice on regular basis, over a period of time ⚫ ASSIST : offer treatment and assistance t such as replacement

therapy⚫ ARRANGE: arrange follow up for smokers

Conclusion: Quote : “If young people don’t start using tobacco by age 26, they almost

certainly will never start.” - Surgeon General Regina Benjamin(Douglas, 2013;Salama, 2011).

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Douglas, C.E.(2013). Going Tobacco-Free on Campus and Why it Matters.

Retrieved from http://www.sa.sc.edu/shs/files/2013/10/TFCCI-slides-SCsummit-

2013-10-17.pdf.

Prince George’s county health department (2012).Child and Adolescent Quick Stats December:

Prince George’s County, Maryland. Retrieved from

http://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/sites/Health/Resources/PlanningHea lthStats/Statistics/

Documents/Quick+Stats_Child+and+Adolescent_4-13.pdf

Salama, R.(2011). Smoking Cessation Program.Retrieved from

http://www.pitt.edu/~super7/32011-33001/32521.ppt.

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CDC(2012). Smoking & Tobacco Use: State Highlights – Maryland. Retrieved from

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/state_data/state_highlights/2012/states/ maryland/

index.htm

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Youth Smoking Cessation And Why It Matters