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Smoking – the Tayside picture. Phyllis Easton Health Intelligence Manager Directorate of Change and Innovation. Population aged under 20 by local authority. Smokers per 100 population by age and local authority. Regular smokers in Tayside. 151 13 year olds …… 151 ++ 14 year olds ……
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Smoking – the Tayside picture Phyllis Easton Health Intelligence Manager Directorate of Change and Innovation
Regular smokers in Tayside 151 13 year olds…… 151++14 year olds…… 1124 15 year olds……
Parents and children • Health implications for infant during pregnancy and passive smoking after delivery (other family members) • Research has shown non- smokers over twice as likely to breast feed • Teenage mothers
Children and passive smoking Danny wants to be a footballer and is really fit but his parents smoke. He worries about his passive smoking in the house
Directly standardised death rates per 100,000 population from lung cancer (2000-2002)
Directly standardised death rates fromCHD per 100,000 population (2000-2002)
Smoking and young people: Key issues in Tayside • Numbers of young people starting • Parents and children • Association between smoking and deprivation • Short term and long term health implications