The existence of health inequalities in smokers in relation to their social status.

Smoking is largely a common issue that exists globally and plays a vital role in the life expectancy and death rates amongst social classes. It is one of the major causes of death. As smoking was the core theme I explored from my observation, I witnessed first hand the smoking patterns of individuals in great lengths. This essay will go into detail into how health inequalities exist in smokers in relation to their social status.

The first piece of literature I looked into was a research article done in Nigeria on smoking. This report examined smoking amongst Nigerians and the effect of tobacco control policies through various methods. The study steered through a critical realism and critical ethnography perspective throughout the paper. Critical realism is a philosophical approach to describing the natural world and social world, and critical ethnography is defined as a detail…(short extract)