Tobacco and Alcohol Use
Tobacco and Alcohol Use |
Use this Agenda Comparison Grid to document information about the population health/healthcare issue your selected and the presidential agendas. By completing this grid, you will develop a more in depth understanding of your selected issue and how you might position it politically based on the presidential agendas.
You will use the information in the Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid to complete the remaining Part 2 and Part 3 of your Assignment.
Identify the Population Health concern you selected.
Tobacco and Alcohol Use
Describe the Population Health concern you selected and the factors that contribute to it.
According to CDC, approximately, 85,000 death occur each year in the United States are attributed to alcohol abuse and 5,000 infants are born each year with fetal alcohol syndrome. So, also, approximately, 440,000 deaths occur each year that attributed to cigarette smoking, which makes it leads preventable cause of death in the United States.
Administration (President Name)
(Current President)
Donald Trump
(Previous President)
Barack Obama
(Previous President)
George W. Bush
Describe the administrative agenda focus related to this issue for the current and two previous presidents.
August 29th, 2018, President Donald Trump announced $90.9 million in grants to 731 local drug prevention coalitions. The grants will provide local community coalitions funding to prevent youth substance use, including prescription drugs, marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol. (The White House 2018).
President Obama declared “The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act” In the year 2009 also provides FDA with regulatory authority to regulate marketing and promotion of tobacco products and set performance standards for tobacco products to protect the public health.
