[Tobacco smoking among population in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland between years: 1950 and 2003]

Abstract

In the last year there are many strategies focused on a new challenges such as: obesity, tobacco smoking, abuse alcohol, sexual illness in public health policy. There are differences in the prevalence of tobacco smoking because of many factors, for example, social class and education (if there is low social status and education, the prevalence of tobacco smoking in population is higher). General, in Scotland there are much more smokers than in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Health Development Agency (HDA) studied that tobacco smoking in 1998 and 2000 years in England caused 9 deaths per 10 men and 8 deaths per 10 women suffered from lung cancer. This study presents prevalence of tobacco smoking among a population of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. A paper describes also events influencing the prevalence of tobacco smoking and strategies taken for reducing tobacco smoking among population by British government.