Question

Relate the seven applications of epidemiology to tobacco use in public health.

Answer 1

Answer: Tobacco consumption is not good for health. There is increase in the demand of the tobacco and it is the major concern issues as many peple died due to the diseases caused by tobacco consumption.

1) Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and throughout the world.

2) The smoking of tobacco products causes such a large percentage of all lung cancer deaths, under standing historical patterns of tobacco smoking will facilitate understanding of past and future patterns of lung cancer.

3) Public health interventions also occur at different levels, including the host (i.e., attempting to prevent smoking in people who have never smoked, attempting to prevent escalation of smoking in people who have recently experimented.

4) Tobacco causes throat cancer as well.

5) Smoking causes 84% of deaths from lung cancer and 83% of deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).