Question

ldentify a current health policy issue and how you would address it.

How will you find your voice when dealing with a health policy issue?

Answer 1

Current Health Policy Issue :

Every year many health policy issues have been raising.Some of them had already solved and some of them would be in the stage of setting goals.

Current Health Policy Issue which need to be addressed is

• "Banning of flavoured e-cigarettes officially by the Government"

Many have been giving false statements about the ban of e cigarettes. But this was not happened actually.

Addressing the issue and raising voice on such health policy issues is utmost essential.

Below are some of the concerns to be addressed and voice to be raised.

• Almost 90 percentage of youth in United States have been using e- cigarettes drastically.
• The e- cigarettes contains liquid nicotine , propylene glulycol and glycerine which are most harmful chemicals.
• The organic compounds and heavy metals used in e -cigarettes causes severe lung diseases.
• This contains liquid nicotine which is the most addictive drug.
• Elderly people who are trying to stop cigarette smoking are even attracted to e-cigarettes.
• Carcinogenic agents such as acetal dehyde puts the people in risk of getting lung cancer
• Many says that FDA (Food and Drug Administration) had interrupted in the issue and there was a ban on e- cigarettes in September 2019. But this was not happened yet.
• Besides there was no review conducted by FDA on the products present in e-cigarettes.

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