The Level of Awareness on the Effects of Smoking

I. Introduction

Why lots people are still smoking despite on the danger it causes to our Health? How does it affects on our society?

‘‘Cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health?” This is the packaging warning message.

Cigarette, from the french word “cigarette”, meaning “small cigar”. Is a small cylinder of finely cut tobacco leaves rolled in thin paper for smoking. The term cigarette is commonly used, refers to a tobacco but can apply to similar devices containing other herbs, such as ascloves or cannabis.

Rates of cigarette smoking is vary widely and have changed considerably over the course of history since cigarette were first widely used in the mid-20th century. While rates of smoking have over time leveled off or declined in the developed world, they continue to rise in developing nations.

Cigarette carry serious health risk, which are more prevalent in other tobacco products. Nicotine, the primary psychoactive chemical in tobacco and therefore cigarette is addictive to nicotine has been established as the psychopharmacologic mechanism that maintain cigarette smoking behavior. Although other substances in cigarettes are known to cause cancer, nicotine is the addictive substance in tobacco. Nicotine is an addictive drug just like heroin and cocaine, and it keeps people coming back for more. Anyone who starts smoking or using tobacco in other forms can become addicted to nicotine.

All cigarettes cause damage, and any tobacco smoking is dangerous. All tobacco is addictive.

These problems can steal away a person’s quality of life long before death. Smoking related illness can limit a persons daily life by making harder to breath, get around work or play quitting smoking, specially at younger ages, can reduce smoking related disability.

Smoking is a major cause of many other deadly health problems − heart disease, aneurysms, bronchitis, emphysema, and stroke. Smoking can make pneumonia and asthma worse and it has been linked to other health problems, including gum disease, cataracts, bone thinning, hip fractures, and peptic ulcers. Some studies have also linked smoking to macular degeneration, an eye disease that can cause blindness. Smoking can cause or worsen poor blood flow in the arms and legs (peripheral vascular disease or PVD.) Surgery to improve the blood flow often doesn’t work in people who keep smoking. Because of this, many vascular surgeons (surgeons who work on blood vessels) won’t do certain surgeries on patients with PVD unless they stop smoking. The smoke from cigarettes (called secondhand smoke or environmental tobacco smoke) can also have harmful health effects on those exposed to it. Adults and children can have health problems from breathing secondhand smoke.

II. Statement of the problem

This research will try to determine the level of awareness of the effects of cigarette smoking of the sophomore HRM Department of CCT.

A. 1. How many percent of the 2nd yr HRM still smoke?
2. % of Male ?
3. % of female ?
4. How many sticks or packs of cigarette they take in (1) one day?

B. 1. When did they start smoking?
2. What did they feel when they start smoking?
3. What can be the reason why they are smoking?

III. Significant of the Problem

The purpose of the study is to provide 2nd year HRM department with a complete and balanced awareness about the effects of cigarettes smoking.

Purpose of the study research demonstrate that smoking is a health hazard to both smokers and non-smokers. According to the surgeon general, cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of illness and premature death. Non-smokers who are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke are also at an increased risk of illness. In the interest of creating a safe and health environment in City College of Tagaytay.

The researcher’s are hoping that this thesis are possible to help the ff:

A. Students of City College of Tagaytay who are smoking
The researcher wants to give information about the diseases that can be caught if you are smoking.

B. Students of City College of Tagaytay who are not smoking
The researcher wanted to give some advice in students who are not smoking for the reason that cigarette is addictive. So don’t attempt to smoke if you did not know how to control and limit yourself. The best thing you can do is never smoke a cigarette or use any other form of tobacco. It’s also important to avoid all forms of tobacco smoke.

C. Students of City College of Tagaytay who tend to smoke
Purpose of this research is to give warning to those students who wants to smoke since smoking is dangerous to our health.

D. To the parents of the students who smoke
The aim of the researcher is to give information to those parents of the student who are smoking to give their son/daughter an advice about the outcome of smoking.

E. To the readers
The goal of this research is to provide an idea or conception about the possible effects that can be caught in smoking. This research inform the reader that cigarette carry serious health risk.

IV. Methodology
The researchers chose this topic because we observe that lots of Students of 2nd year HRM are smoking. The researchers think advertisement process warning not only to smokers but also to not smokers. The purpose of this research was to gather studies about the awareness of the cigarette smoking and to distinguish between included or excluded. This research is important not only to Sophomore HRM student but also for everybody for the reason that they may be aware about the possible effects of Smoking in their Health.