Fight against smoking as a factor of healthy lifestyle

• Main Author: E. N. Novoselova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Publishing House of Lomonosov Moscow State University 2020-02-01
• Series: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta: Seriâ 18, Sociologiâ i Politologiâ
• Subjects: healthy lifestyle; smoking; smoke control; passive smoking; electronic nicotine delivery systems
• Online Access: https://vestnik.socio.msu.ru/jour/article/view/635

The article analyzes the impact of lifestyle, tobacco smoking in particular, on health and life expectancy. Using the latest statistics, the author examines the problem of tobacco smoking in Russia and the world, describes the impact of this harmful habit not only on the health of the population, but also on the environment and the economy. The paper provides a brief history of tobacco control, describes modern anti-tobacco measures taken by the world community under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO).Special attention is paid to the state of public opinion on issues related to the prevalence of tobacco smoking in Russia, its impact on the health and life expectancy of the population, the motivation of the population to abandon this habit and the impact on its presence / absence in social environment. It addresses the problem of child and adolescent smoking, analyzes the degree of parental influence and the likelihood that the child, in consequence, will become a regular smoker.The author deals with the problem of passive smoking and the impact of secondary smoke on the health of children and adults, and notes that the anti-tobacco law adopted in Russia in 2013 undoubtedly reduced the number of passive smokers, which had beneficial effect on public health.The work touches upon the currently relevant issue of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS), provides usage statistics, and also raises the question of the consequences of the increasing popularity of ENDS.The empirical base of the work is the data of WHO, the Federal State Statistics Service, the American Cancer Society, as well as studies of the Department of Sociology of Family and Demography (Faculty of Sociology, Lomonosov Moscow State University), the Public Opinion Foundation and the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center.This article will be of interest to specialists in the field of sociology of medicine, as well as to a wide circle of readers interested in the issues of addictive behavior and the formation of a healthy lifestyle.