Children face greater risk to tobacco exposure than adults do. Hence, they are more likely to develop life-threatening diseases because of their immature immune system and smaller respiration rates. Physical exposure to tobacco smoke which include second hand smoke (SHS) and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) makes children at high risk for developing frightening diseases such […]
Preventing tobacco is a difficult and very complicated task. However, it becomes more effective when placed along with a comprehensive strategy. With this, to minimize the prevalence of tobacco use among teenagers, Canada uses the Comprehensive Tobacco Control (CTC) as one comprehensive strategy to prevent tobacco use among teens. This includes interventions from media and […]
Point-of-sale promotion is one of the important assets of tobacco sales. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, tobacco companies have spent approximately $88 million merely on advertising. Point-of-sale promotions basically include any means that entice consumers to buy tobacco products such as in-door advertising and placement of tobacco products near to children’s products. This advertising […]
The media plays a significant role in preventing the number of tobacco users to rise. The two branches of media which include advertising and marketing actually helps deter the youth from getting into the lurking temptation of tobacco abuse. In preventing the tobacco abuse among youth and young adults, the support of media usually goes […]
Strong evidence shows that active smoking has a causal effect on women’s risk of developing breast cancer. Women who start smoking at early age may develop breast cancer depending on the duration of smoking. Those who continue smoking until adulthood are 30% at risk for developing such disease while it is 50% for those who […]
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