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smoking

vr.tr.smoking · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain smoking, relay health harms, secondhand smoke, addiction and cessation from public health sources with figures attributed, describe the named forms, route people wanting to quit to support, and distinguish tobacco smoking from vaping, smokeless tobacco, cannabis use and secondhand exposure.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain smoking, relay health harms, secondhand smoke, addiction and cessation from public health sources with figures attributed, describe the named forms, route people wanting to quit to support, and distinguish tobacco smoking from vaping, smokeless tobacco, cannabis use and secondhand exposure.

The practice of inhaling smoke from burning material, most commonly tobacco in cigarettes, cigars or pipes, but also cannabis and other substances, and by extension exposure to that smoke; forms the registry aliases name include cannabis smoking, passive or secondhand smoking, maternal smoking in pregnancy, women and smoking as a topic, and smirting, socialising while smoking outdoors. Tobacco smoking is a leading preventable cause of death, causing cancers, heart and lung disease, and secondhand smoke harms others, while stopping smoking greatly reduces risk, and support and treatments are available. Cannabis smoking also carries health risks, and its legal status varies, with positions attributed.

What it is for: Not applicable; a health-harming practice, described for prevention.

It can be explain health harms; relay secondhand smoke and addiction; describe named forms; route cessation support.

Distinguishing features

Smoke inhalation

Addictive nicotine

Major disease cause

Harms bystanders

What it looks like

People inhaling smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes or other sources.

Physical character

tobacco-related deaths: over 8 million a year worldwide note - WHO, attributed

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: 2003 year

registry parents: psychoactive drug use, custom note

How it is recognised

Inhaling smoke from burning material

Smoking person, women and smoking, smirting, cannabis smoking, passive smoking, maternal smoking

Vaping heats liquid without combustion; smokeless tobacco is chewed or snuffed; cannabis use has other forms; secondhand exposure is involuntary

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

psychoactive drug use

causes -

lung cancer

is contrasted with -

electronic cigarette

is contrasted with -

smokeless tobacco

In practice

Families and kinds

cigarette smoking

cigar and pipe smoking

cannabis smoking

secondhand and thirdhand exposure

Standards and regulation

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Smoke-free laws and advertising bans

Age limits and plain packaging

Failure modes and hazards

Cancers and cardiovascular disease

Secondhand smoke harm to children

Nicotine addiction

Also called

Smoking personwomen and smokingsmirtingcannabis smokingpassive smokingmaternal smokingsmoking of non-tobacco productsSmoking in the United States military

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What smoking is.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. Does someone want to stop smoking, in which case cessation services, nicotine replacement and doctors can help greatly? boundary
  2. What is smoking, and how does it differ from vaping, smokeless tobacco, cannabis use and secondhand exposure? definition

Forms

Named forms.

Forms

Forms.

  1. What are cannabis smoking, passive smoking, maternal smoking and smirting? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific form? action
Health Health harms.

Attribution.

Diseases

Diseases caused.

Diseases

Diseases.

  1. What diseases does tobacco smoking cause, with figures attributed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Secondhand

Secondhand smoke.

Secondhand

Secondhand.

  1. How does secondhand smoke harm others, especially children? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Addiction Addiction and cessation.

Attribution.

Nicotine

Nicotine addiction.

Nicotine

Nicotine.

  1. Why is nicotine addictive? provenance
  2. Which entry fits nicotine? action

Quitting

Cessation support.

Quitting

Quitting.

  1. What treatments and services help people quit, as guidelines describe? provenance
  2. Is the information current? boundary
Context Policy.

Attribution.

Policy

Tobacco control.

Policy

Policy.

  1. How do smoke-free laws, taxes and packaging reduce smoking, with evidence attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary

Cannabis

Cannabis smoking.

Cannabis

Cannabis.

  1. What health risks does cannabis smoking carry, and how does legal status vary, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits cannabis? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should cannabis smoking be a separate entry?
  • How should cessation services be linked and kept current?
  • How should vaping comparisons be presented with attribution?