Question

Review the tobacco -related milestones, notice the relationships between events such as advocacy groups activities, tobacco industry tactics, research reports, national policy, legislation, regulations, judicial and media advocacy. Notice changes in tobacco consumption in the United States and their relationship to the milestones in RWJFs project.

In your primary post, respond to the following, using complete sentences

Why might this report have “turned the tide” of smoking?

What effect might this report have had on policy makers?

b) Identify two additional changes (one policy & one communication- related) that impacted tobacco consumption and for each, describe the effect you saw, and describe why you think it had that effect.

What populations do you think these changes impacted most significantly and why? You may include personal story or reflection to support your case.

Answer 1

Tobacco -related milestones:

To achieve:

Initial abstinence

Lapsing

Lapse-Relapse Transition

Why might this report have “turned the tide” of smoking?

It turned out to be a great success because of:

Increased taxes on tobacco products

Bans on public smoking

Anti-smoking campaigns

Ban of cigarette marketing

What effect might this report have had on policy makers?

They considered both commentary and public testimonies while making policies and regulations. They took regulatory actions based on credible sources like scientific research findings, evidence and the credibility of presenter. They engage the experts from the scientific commitee while planning for the tobacco control efforts.

Identify two additional changes (one policy & one communication- related) that impacted tobacco consumption

Policy related- smoking reduction in public places because of policy

Communication related- By seeing advertisements on ill effects of tobacco on social networking sites, newspapers reduction of consumption is visible.