Report on Young Tobacco Users

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REPORT ON YOUNGREPORT ON YOUNG

TOBACCO USERS.TOBACCO USERS.CIGARETTE SMOKING AND YOUTH.


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PRESENTED BY:-PRESENTED BY:-

Chandan Sinha BBA 4598/08

Kumar Ravi BBA 45103/08

Rohit Singh BBA 45108/08Anil Kr Agarwal BBA 4543/08


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INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

Today, smoking issue is heated upamong different segments of oursociety, especially the younggeneration.

Lots of youngsters are putting theirhealth in risk by smoking.

Smoking is like a fatal disease but

youths still sense proud ofsmoking.

The most important way to stop the

endemic of smoking would be to


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OBJECTIVEOBJ

ECTIVE..

1.TO STUDY THE REASONS WHYYOUNGSTERS START SMOKING.

2.

3.TO STUDY THE PREVENTIONSREQUIRED.


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RESEARCHRESEARCH

METHODOLOGY.METHODOLOGY.TYPE OF DATA.PRIMARY DATA -QUESTIONNAIRE

SECONDARY DATA -INTERNET.

DATA COLLECTION METHOD.Data collection method for primary data is

questionnaire done with a sample size of 30people who aged between 19 to 25 yearsmainly college goers.


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MOTIVATION.MOTIVATION.

THIS STUDY IS DONE FOR THEPURPOSE OF SPREADINGGENERAL AWARENESS AND

HEALTH RELATED AWARENESS.


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HEALTH HAZARDS OFHEALTH HAZARDS OF

SMOKING.SMOKING. A smoker inhales a substance containing 43

cancer-causing (carcinogenic) compoundsbesides four hundred other toxins includingnicotine and tar.

Smoking causes lung and throat cancer, heartdisease, emphysema, bronchial and lungdisorders.

A recent report has shown that smoking tobaccoand nicotine is the worlds leading cause ofdeath and disability - more than HIV, AIDS, orfamine.

A report by WHO estimates that smoking-related


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SMOKING AMONGSMOKING AMONG

YOUNGSTERS.YOUNGSTERS.Young generation is fond of smoking.

They get stress-free and feel happy whilesmoking

Long-term health consequences of youthsmoking is reinforced by the fact that mostyoung people who smoke regularly

continue to smoke throughout adulthood.

Youngsters aged 1314 yrs try their firstcigarette, and most of them are not aware

of the possible risk they are exposed to.


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REASONSREASONS..

1.To attract the attention of society.2.Think of it as a style statement.

3.Smoke to adhere to their social

group and develop their socialnetwork.

4.Through smoking, most young

people show their power andimportance.

5.Another reason to make smoking

as a habit is feeling of


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HOW TO PREVENT?HOW TO PREVENT?

By implementing anti-smokingplans and campaign at schoollevel so as to make them aware

of the dangers of smoking.By providing substitutes of

smoking such as chewing gums,elaichi, sweet candies etc, whichdiverts them from smoking.

Parental attention towards theiryoung ones, so as to keep a

check on their smoking habits.

GRAPHICALRAPHI AL


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GRAPHICALRAPHI AL

REPRESENATIOREPRESENATIO

N & ANALYSISN & ANALYSISOFOF

QUESTIONNAIRQUESTIONNAIR

EE..


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GENDERGENDER..

GENDER PEOPLEMALE 22FEMALE 8


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ANALYSIS.ANALYSIS.

The following graphicalrepresentations of the questionsgive a clear picture to the

objective.The following sample consists of

30 people, of age 19-25 years.

The following group of 30contains 22(73%) male and8(27%) female candidates.


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DO YOU SMOKE?DO YOU SMOKE?

MALE FEMALEYES 19 5NO 3 3


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ANALYSISANALYSIScontdcontd

Of the 22 male candidate 19(86.3%)said that they do smoke. Rest3(13.6%) said they do not smokewhich shows that the smoking rateis high compared to the nonsmokers.

Whereas in female candidates

smokers rate is 62.5% ascompared to non smokers which is37.5%.

In this we see that male smokersare 79.1% and female smokers are


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STARTING AGE.STARTING AGE.

AGE PEOPLE

12 3

13 6

14 5

15 1

16 2

17 5

18 2


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Starting age of smoking is a veryimportant factor for thisobjective.

In this analysis we see thatminimum age when most peoplestart smoking is 12 years andthis varies till maximum 14-15years.

This is the age when a young boyor girl gets influenced easily to

these dilemmas, and are less


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HOW DID YOU STARTHOW DID YOU START

SMOKING?SMOKING?ROM WHOM PEOPLE

PARENTAL %0

OPYING YOURSTARS %2

EEING YOURFRIENDS %8

UST FOR FUN %0


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In this graph we see that maininfluence of youngsters are theirimmediate surroundings.

Parents, friends, their icons,brothers etc.

Mostly students and college goers

try it for fun and then extendthis habit till adulthood.

Media also plays a role inspreading this problem


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FREQUENCYFREQUENCY..

IME IN A DAY PEOPLE

-ETWEEN 1 2 %

-ETWEEN 2 4 %1

-ETWEEN 4 10 %2

ORE THAN 10 %9


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The following analysis tries to findthat even after trying smokingfor the first time, how does the

growth in this habit takes place.This is implied by the larger

section where 42% candidatessmoke between 4-10 times aday which is generally high.

The reason for this extension ofthis habit given by them is that

cigarettes act as stress busters,


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DO YOU WISH TO QUITDO YOU WISH TO QUIT

SMOKING?SMOKING?

UIT SMOKING %AGE

YES 14NO 10


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This pictorial representationdepicts that even afterprolonged smoking 58% say that

they will quit this habit, but therest 42% said that they wontquit and would continue with it.

Among the 14(58%) quitters11(78.5%) are boys and3(21.5%) are girls.

The 10(42%) non quitters consist

of 8(80%) boys and 2(20%) girls.


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The reasons given by male quitters weremany.

Some said they would stop smokingafter having children, cause they do

not want to be a bad influence onchildren's.

Some said that if they come across anyserious health problem related tosmoking they would quit smoking.

Female smokers had a genuine reasonfor quitting, since they said that aftermarriage they will have to quit, sincetheir husband and in-laws will offend


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PREVENTIONPREVENTION..

The following preventivemeasures time of quitting weregiven by the candidates

themselves.1.By using substitute such as

chewing gum.

2.By practising self control.3.Joining rehab programs.

4.Consulting physicians.

5)


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INTERPRETATION.INTERPRETATION.

After all this analysis it is evidentthat the flux or originating point ofsmoking in persons life is thatpersons teen age period.

Smoking is influenced mainlybecause they are influenced byfriends and mostly do it for fun.

Young male smokers are more ascompared to their femalecounterparts.

Most smokers intend to quit


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CONCLUSION.CONCLUSION.

In spite of all the health warnings,youngsters continue to getenthusiastic on tobacco. Eventhough they all know that it's badfor them.

It can be concluded that the habit ofsmoking catches a person mainly

at the mere age of 14-16.It can also be concluded that a

shallow knowledge of the healthrisks is not enough to convinceoun sters to not smoke. Pro er


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