Public Health Issue: SmokingThis essay aims to explore, analyze and discuss smoking among adults. Tobacco use is a public health problem in its own right and a major contributor to high mortality and poor health in adults which is preventable (Health and Excellence Care (NICE) (2012). The United Kingdom (UK) is known to have the highest number of people with a history of smoking among people with low socio-economic status (Scriven and Garman, 2006; Goddard and Green, 2005) Tobacco use is considered a serious epidemic in the United Kingdom and according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, 2012) stated that 28% of adults with low economic status are tobacco smokers, compared to 13% of those with economic status or having professional income. Additionally, almost 80,000 people died in England in 2011 due to smoking-related problems and 9,500 admissions. children have died because they were passive smokers (WHO, 2005). This essay focuses on the definition of smoking. The objective is to highlight the relationship between smoking and the determinants of health, then the extent, prevalence and evolution of smoking morbidity. will be explored. In addition, some public health policies implemented to deal with smoking-related problems will be studied and finally, the roles of nurses will identify the health needs of the public in order to promote good health and well-being. Encyclopaedia of Children's (2013) stated that smoking is a problem. form of tobacco inhalation from different forms of tobacco, including cigarettes, pipes and cigars. Cancer Research (2012) and the World Health Organization (2013) have confirmed that most tobacco products contain a very high level of nicotine which can have an additive effect and are made from tobacco leaves which are at middle of paper. ....the life. Additionally, smokers need to be encouraged to quit, so it may take many attempts before victims can quit completely. However, good communication with smokers requires in-depth discussion to reduce the risk of early failure problems when quitting smoking. If nurses could fulfill their duty by educating each of their patients about quitting smoking, it would take a long time to reach a large number of people, even if they do not want to. There is already a smoke-free policy in the UK that works and will hopefully further help reduce tobacco consumption. It is important for the government to carry out more anti-smoking campaigns to reach the manual and routine group and follow up regarding complete cessation. Additionally, they must increase tobacco tax rates and put an end to stores that continue to advertise smoking cigarettes in their stores..