 Issues Today Volume 8: Smoking
Editor: Lisa Firth
Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers
Price: £5.95
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 32
ISBN: 978 1 86168 405 9
Published: December 2007
The ingredients of a cigarette are both harmful and addictive, yet many people continue to smoke despite the risks. The banning of smoking in enclosed spaces recently has sparked accusations of a ‘nanny state’, – is this a necessary measure for the public’s health or an attempt to remove people’s freedom of choice? This book looks at this and other issues surrounding the debate about smoking.
The information comes from a variety of sources, including government reports and statistics, newspaper and magazine articles, surveys and polls, academic research and literature from charities and lobby groups; articles have been tailored to an 11 to 14 age group. Additionally, at the end of each chapter is a page of activities relating to the articles and issues raised in that chapter.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Smoking and Society
Smoking statistics, Young people and smoking, How images affect lifestyles, EU advertising ban, Smoking in the EU, Smoking in movies, Smoking regulations in England, Potential increase in pub custom after ban, Legal challenge to smoking ban, National smoking map shows poverty link, Young people and nicotine patches, Smoking in developing countries, Activities.
Chapter Two: Smoking and Health
The benefits of giving up, Giving up smoking – the facts, How nicotine works, Exposure to secondhand smoke, Pregnancy and smoking, Lung cancer, Peer pressure and smoking, Kicking the habit, Smoking and mental health, Activities.
Key Facts
Glossary
Acknowledgements
• Around 12 million adults smoke cigarettes in Great Britain. This is about a quarter of the population: 25% of men and 23% of women. (page 1)
• The proportion of children who have experimented with smoking has fallen from 53% in 1982 to 39% in 2004. (page 2)
• Images young people see of those who smoke, drink or take drugs, have greater impact on their behaviour than anything others may say to them. (page 4)
• In July 2007, enclosed public places in England became smokefree. (page 7)
• Fewer people in professional jobs smoke compared with people in manual and routine work. (page 9)
• Babies born to mothers who smoke are more likely to be born prematurely and with a low birth weight. (page 17)
• Over 80% of lung cancers are caused by smoking tobacco directly, or passive smoking. (page 18) |
