Describe at Least Five Key Factors That Increase the Risk

question 99

Essay

Describe at least five key factors that increase the risk that an adolescent or young adult will take up cigarette smoking.Choose one of the risk factors you identified,and suggest a way to help control its influence on smoking rates.

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Definitions:

Externality Analysis

The examination of costs or benefits that affect parties who are not directly involved in a transaction or activity, used to understand the implications of external effects on society.

Public Good

A product or service that is available for all members of society to consume, regardless of whether they contribute to its provision.

Public Good

A product or service offered for free to all society members, by either the government or a private entity, without the intent of making a profit.

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning they are available for everyone to use and one person's use does not reduce availability to others.