Psychology 2036A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cerebrovascular Disease, Passive Smoking, Cardiovascular Disease

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Yves Bureau

Document Summary

Smoking is the number 1 preventable cause of death and disease in canada: overall rates are dropping, 17% of canadians 15 years or older smoke, rates are higher in: Factors related to teen smoking: parental modelling, peer influence (desirable image, cigarette advertising, personal characteristics, risk taker, low self esteem. Becoming a regular smoker: habit tends to develop slowly, different people smoke for different reasons (tomkins, positive-affect smoker, negative-affect smoker, habitual smoker, addictive smoker, heredity may play a role. Health consequences of smoking: reduced life expectancy and increased risk of many illnesses, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, environmental tobacco smoke (ets) related cardiovascular disease. Alcohol use: 76% of canadians have consumed alcohol in the past 12 months (canadian centre on substance. The effects of alcohol: ethanol in beverages is a depressant, excessive use of alcohol adverse effects on whole body, violence and accidents, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (fads, moderate use of alcohol health benefits.