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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION:
each day, over 4,000 people under the age of 18 try their first
Kenneth Warner, Ph.D., the tobacco industry needs 5,000 new young
90% of smokers begin their tobacco usage before age 20. Of these,
50% begin tobacco use by age 14 and 25% begin their use by age
Camel. The 1994 Center for Disease Control (CDC) report concluded
for high school students began to increase in the early 1990s. They
did not begin to decrease until the end of the decade. One study in
knows that smoking is harmful and addictive, but few people realize
just how risky and addictive it is. Chances are that about one in three
smokers who do not stop will eventually die because of their smoking.
Some will die in their 40s, others will die later. On average, they will
die 10 to 15 years earlier than they would have died from other
causes. Most smokers want to stop and do indeed try, but only one in
Kemboja, 2008)
According to the MMDA, minors who smoke in public cannot be
a P500 fine, while those who cannot pay the penalty are made to
Tolentino said the agency has formed a task force to closely monitor
peripheral vascular disease and many cancers. This accounts for 87,600
(WHO, 2009b)
In connection with these dangers of smoking, there are increasing
Thus, this law of the country protects specifically the youth from
agricultural product that forms nicotine, and that nicotine affects our
health.
them face.
the students. By doing this, the researcher needs to be aware about this
We the researchers realized that by doing this study will help will
Psychological.
a. Age
b. Gender
c. Socio-economic Status
a. Physical
b. Social
c. Psychological
3. Is there a significant relationship between the demographic
Hypothesis:
Students:
about cigarette smoking that will help them to gain knowledge and
Family:
smoking practices.
Community:
This study will facilitate change by making them realize the dangers
Health Provider:
smoking prevention.
School Administration
Government
Future Researchers:
study and will significant literature that can be used as a basis for
serve as a guide for novice researchers who are eager to take the path
Pasay Campus on 4th week of July 2013 was the target date to collect
cigarette or tobacco.
day.
smoking.
of cigarette smoking.
tobacco.
prove that cigarette smoking among the youth targets them differently
from adults. As all are aware, Nicotine makes it extremely hard for
reduce tobacco related deaths over the next 30-50 years unless adult
third of smokers attempt to quit each year and that majority of these
The policy paper also stated that support for smoking cessation
mortality in the short and medium term and therefore should be part
that 28.3% (17.3 million) of the population aged 15 years old and over
while 9.0% (2.8 million) are women. Eighty percent of these current
21.5% have quit smoking. Among those who smoked in the last 12
workers to help smokers quit smoking, thus the need for the
The young and the poor, who smoke and drink excessively, are
dying every day. Ten Filipinos die from tobacco use every hour,
resulting in 240 deaths every day and 87,600 deaths every year. This
alcohol. The Philippines has one of the lowest prices of the two
and fewer people will buy them. You cannot argue with the math.
but it is the poor who get sick more often. That’s because the poorest
want to make big profits from the so-called “sins” of smoking and
drinking alcohol, they are free to do so. But unlike ordinary citizens,
Filipinos who are members of Congress are not free to ignore the
of the world's 1.3 billion current smokers live. The Global Youth Tobacco
1.4 million students in 133 countries. A key goal of GTSS is for countries
to conduct the GYTS every 4 years. This report presents findings from
products, were likely to start smoking in the next year, or were exposed
The latest surveys in the Philippines indicate that one of every three
30% of adolescents in the urban areas smoke, and of these, more than
70% started smoking between the ages 13-15. On a national level, the
study says that as much as 40% of boys and 19% of girls aged 10-14
are already daily smokers. The age 15-19, 38% of both male and female
can have a greater impact because they reach large populations quickly
prohibits smoking in all public places, and prohibits tobacco sales within
of this new Act will be fined between 500 pesos (about US$10) to 400
three years.
Further, the Republic Act No. 9211 mandated the creation of Inter-
crafting of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the said law
SYNTHESIS
Tobacco smoking really hits the young ones around the age of
10-19 years old. Some of the factors that incurred young ones to
oriented, parents are working abroad, parent’s dives not have time for
their children sorted to find a group where they can hang out together
and from which they will feel secured. I would say that the peer group
really influence the young individual especially when they long for
their. Parents emotional attachment and if and only if the peer group
were all smoking, there is no way that young individual wont. It takes
a lot of courage to have a self –control but most of the time and sad
to say that they can easily be dragged to develop bad vices like
alarmed with the high rates of young people smoking and they came
out to do a lot of studies and research on how they can help these
young ones that got involved in smoking and divert their attention into
more productive way and educate the parents so they will also be
done already about the bad effects it can give them like ailments that
agricultural product that forms nicotine, and that nicotine affects our
body. Even if you draw smoke only into your mouth and not in your
lungs, you still absorb 25 to 30 percent of the nicotine. The FDA has
in seconds. Nicotine affects the brain in much the same way as cocaine,
regard cigarettes as friends that they turn to when they’re stressed, sad,
the mid twentieth century more than 60 million people have died
worldwide due to tobacco use. (Engels, Den Exter Blokland, Kemp &
Scholte, 2004). In 2000, 49.7% of the deaths among Dutch adults
smokers start their tobacco use during this period and continue to
month and 14% smoked a cigarette daily. Since smoking can have
and the risk increases with the number of smoking parents, according to
12 to 17, along with their parents. The risk of smoking for adolescents
increased with the length of time they were exposed to their parents'
found. There was an increased chance boys would smoke when their
fathers smoked.
rebellion or to feel independent, the friends who smoke have the ability
group of friends and take up smoking to feel cool. Teens may smoke
thinking it makes them look better to their peers. They also take up
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says. They tend to
of high school students who smoked found that half tried to quit smoking
cigarettes during the previous 12 months of the survey, the CDC reports.
A lot of research has been conducted in the field of risk factors
(Bauman, Carver & Gleiter, 2001). However, since the time spend
2003).
encompassing 131 countries, plus the Gaza Strip and the West
the difference between boys' and girls' smoking rates was narrower
were offered by their best friend, and whether they thought they might
lowest (13%). National data have also been reported for New
Zealand, Canada, Ireland, England and the US. These data are of
2010. More than 64% of students had never smoked. Results from
youth in grades 10–12 however, the 13% of youth who reported that
2006–07 when the rate was 11%. This was a reflection of an increase
in current daily smokers and a concurrent decrease in less frequent
smoking. The prevalence of youth who reported that they had never
tried smoking remained unchanged for both grades 6–9 (78%) and
Children Survey 2006 reported that 15% of 10–17 year olds were
week). The Monitoring the Future Study from the US reported that in
2009, 19.5% of high school students had smoked during the 30 days
States, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). That means
world. And among its effects include heart attack, cancer, stroke and
emphysema.
Synthesis:
by the young ones as early as ages 10, 12 , and 18 years old ,if we
have to see the statistics of all smokers ,it is indeed very alarming
knowing that in the study that was mentioned earlier that the country
clearly that when u start smoking at a very early age of 12 then that is
teenagers who tried smoking has a lot of rationale behind it ,just for
one example a young teenager that I've known and very close to me
has had his try to smoke and mainly because his mother is not
worked as an OFW , but because his other siblings were also close to
each other and make him realized that smoking is not a good outlet
and that for me is one of the reason why young teenagers went to try.
A lot of things in their life just to get out of a messy world they have
guidance, and that for me is very crucial and most of the young ones
do that because they are still vulnerable and come to think about it
when they smoke they thought they're matured enough . But it is. A
tend to know the importance /essence of life and treating our body
right .i totally agree that most of the out of school youth also got
easily affected of it and those that are active in sports tend not to
know the consequences and the bad outcome of it for their health .i
will indeed enlighten a lot of our young teenagers to know how bad it
could cause to our body .i totally agree to all the measures that the
appropriately implemented .
Conceptual Framework
agents.
Theoretical Framework
bring greater longevity and a high quality of life. Health promotion can
Research Methodology
data.
Research Design
The sampling design that will be use for the study is Purposive
population that are of interest, which will best enable you to answer
effects of smoking.
social, psychological
Data Collection/Procedure
Phase 1
the approval of the title and a letter of permission to conduct the said
questionnaire, the tool that will be used in this study. The researchers
Phase 2
respondents.
Statistical Treatment
for testing the null hypothesis of the proposed study will include
respondents
CHAPTER 4
were accomplished.
Response Rate
Demographic Data
Findings
General format
Statistical symbols
Words, rather than symbols, should be used in the narrative, while symbols
may be used in tables and inside of parentheses within the narrative. For
example, “The mean of 3.25 for boys was higher than the mean of 3.00 for
girls in the sample.” But, “The boys in the sample scored higher overall (M =
3.25) than the girls (M = 3.00).” Among the more commonly used statistical
It is also helpful for the reader if some basic information accompanies the
statistical results presented in the text. Information usually includes such data
as degrees of freedom or sample size. The following examples demonstrate
difference in mean scores for the boys (M = 3.75) and girls (M = 3.00), t(50) =
2.54, p = .024.
difference in test scores based upon students’ grade levels, F(2, 124) = 4.24,
p = .036.
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Summary (Optional)
This final section provides a summary of the highlights of the findings from
Recommendations
the first section heading of the chapter. This introduction generally articulates
the contents of Chapter 5 and may depict the specific headings into which the
chapter is divided.
Summary
The Summary section of Chapter 5 provides a brief recap of the entire study.
Someone reading this section would have a good overview of why the study
was.