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To support a move towards a coordinated non-communicable disease approach in public health policy, it is important to conceptualise changes to policy on tobacco and alcohol as affecting a single interlinked system, e.g., acknowledging that there are relationships between tobacco and alcohol in policy formation and the outcomes of policy change for consumers, the economy and society
Smoking can also affect your outward appearance causing aging and wrinkles, dry skin and psoriasis, unhealthy teeth and mouth sores, yellow fingers, and poor vision and cataracts
Quitting smoking is so hard because of the complex interplay between physical addiction to nicotine and the psychological habits formed around tobacco use, as studied in an article by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention titled Why Quitting Smoking Is Hard. Physically, nicotine creates dependence by altering brain chemistry, leading to withdrawal symptoms such as irritability, cravings, and anxiety when a person tries to quit
