According to an article written in,
The Washington Post about Europe by Kathy Lally, Moscow Europe is in serious
danger of their population dropping to severely low numbers by 2050. The decline in population is a direct result
of unhealthy habits such as smoking, alcohol, and being overweight. After the inauguration in last May of
Moscow’s president, Vladimir Putin, there was a signed decree ordering the
government to increase Russian life expectancy to 74 years by 2018, and last
year their life expectancy was at 66.5 years.
Russia believes that most of there population is dying from tobacco
related diseases and deaths linked to alcohol.
They blame the prices of cigarettes for the deaths of tobacco use. Currently the price of a pack of cigarettes
is $1.00 and that is with tax included. Volunteer groups are need to try and get
people to understand how important a healthy lifestyle is and encouraging them
to change their behavior.
The people of Moscow are not realizing
they are killing themselves in a matter of time, and really more quickly than
is realized. It is important for the people to be aware of the situation in
order to increase their life expectancy as well as their health. I think the
article does a wonderful job of making us aware of a problem happening in the
world, but they fail to mention any way for us to take action about the
situation. The tell use volunteer groups
are needed, but what can we do as individuals to help people be more aware?
Obviously an important factor and the biggest influence is on the government,
but as people wanting to help others what is something we can do?
Natalie White
February 22, 2013
9:45 am
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