Smoking - Book Report/Review Example

Download file to see previous pages... Smoking is a negative habit that has a physical addiction due to the nicotine ingredient in the tobacco. The fume from tobacco is a mixture of more than 7,000 chemicals with many being toxic.
In 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a report showed that there was frequent smoking in 19.3% of adults aged eighteen years and above (Chaney, 2012). Tobacco smoking is the main preventable cause of premature death and accounts for 4430,000 deaths. Nearly 900,000 deaths are associated with lung cancer due to smoking; while closely to a million deaths occur in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( Lewis, 2013). In the United States, smoking of cigarettes is in the forefront in causing diseases and deaths, and it’s the leading risk factor the lung cancer and is associated with nearly 90% of lung cancer.
In 2013, a projection by the Center for Disease and Control shows that, 17.8% of entire United States adults are present tobacco smokers. The top prevalence of ethnic smokers were the American Indians at 26.1 %, trailed by non-Hispanic Asians at 9.6%. Non-Hispanic blacks are at 18.3%, Hispanics at 12.1%, non-Hispanic Whites at 19.4%, and 26.8% of non-Hispanic multiple race persons. In relation to smoking prevalence that is based on education and gender, 41.4% of those who attained GED certificate topped the group, 24.2% of persons with lesser education years, and 22.0% with high school diplomas. 20.9% are people with no diploma, 17.8% with an associate’s degree, 9.1% with an undergraduate college degree and the least were the graduate degree persons at 5.6%. Thus, research shows that people with higher levels of education have a lower prevalence of smoking. Adult men topped by 20.5% as compared to the females at 15.3%. Persons between the ages of 25 to 44 years topped at 20.8%, 8.8% persons at the ages of 65 years and older were the least smokers. According to ...Download file to see next pagesRead More