The Monster

Why Most Students Are Using Cigarette?

In Fulfillment of the Requirements In English IV

Marcus Jonathan N. Perez

Ma`am. Raquel Vasquez

IV – Hope

December 10, 2012

Acknowledgement
Several people help me how to make a research paper to accomplishing before its deadline. And I would like to acknowledge them here. First , I would like to thank Ma`am. Raquel, our english adviser for the assistance and encouragement to pursue to this study.I also wish to thank my classmates and friends, Jason, Glaiza, Balean and Manalo for teaching me how to do the format of research paper, and believing to me that I can finished this Research Paper before due date of submission. To my family, for the support in financial aspect as well for the advice and assistance. To Liquiran family, for the generous support and for inspiration. Last but not the least, I thank Almighty God for reasons too numerous to mention.
“How numerous you have made your wondrous deeds,O Lord, our God! And in your plans for us there is noneTo equal you, should I wish to declare or tell them?They would be too many to recount.
Psalm 40:6

Dedication
This is dedicated to those students did not realize that the most important to our life is our knowledge, and to those student that only are doing is using cigarettes, they never tell their self that using a cigarette may cause a disease and it may be the one thing that will destroy your future and to your education.That`s why I will dedicate this to all students that still using cigarettes, stop using cigarette, focus in studying because it will help you to became a good person in the future.

Table Of Contents:
Title Page ………………………………………………………………i
Acknowledgement……………………………………………….…….ii
Dedication…………………………………………………………...…iii
Chapter II: Introduction The Problem and its Background Statement of the Problem Significance of the Story Definition of Terms
Chapter III: Review of Related Literature
Chapter IV: Summary Conclusion Recommendation Bibliography Questionnaire Resume

Introduction
A cigarette (from the French for "small cigar". Cigar comes, through the Spanish and Portuguese cigarro, from the Mayan siyar; "to smoke rolled tobacco leaves") is a small cylinder of finely cut tobacco leaves rolled in thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well. Most modern manufactured cigarettes are filtered and include reconstituted tobacco and other additives.
The term cigarette, as commonly used, refers to a tobacco cigarette but can apply to similar devices containing other herbs, such ascloves or cannabis. A cigarette is distinguished from a cigar by its smaller size, use of processed leaf, and paper wrapping, which is normally white, though other colors are occasionally available. Cigars are typically composed entirely of whole-leaf tobacco.
Rates of cigarette smoking vary widely, and have changed considerably over the course of history — since cigarettes 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 indeveloping nations.
Cigarettes do carry serious health effects with them, which are more prevalent than in other tobacco products. Nicotine, the primary psychoactive chemical in tobacco and therefore cigarettes, is addictive. About half of cigarette smokers die of tobacco-related disease and lose on average 14 years of life. Cigarette use by pregnant women has also been shown to cause birth defects, including mental and physical disabilities. Second-hand smoke from cigarettes has been shown to be injurious to bystanders, which has led to legislation that has banned their smoking in many workplaces and public areas. Cigarettes are the most frequent source of fires leading to loss of lives in private homes, which has prompted the European Union and the United States to ban cigarettes that are not fire standard compliant by 2011.

The Problem and its Background Smoking is a habit but curable. Considered as curable but few people try to control themselves from doing it. People, students and even professionals are often tempted to smoke. For some, smoking relieves tension; superiority among others, curiosity, satisfaction, and a form of self deception but the adverse consequences of smoking is one’s own health. Smoking exist everywhere even in school campuses that conclude to be huge problem. According to Toni Christopherson, a problem that everyone tries to eradicate but fails to act on it because they themselves cannot practice what they preach
.It is obvious that smoking is one of the major problems of every college student. Many college students are fond of smoking, it driven one self to heavenly feeling. But it is not an excuse to be free from any complication some day. Many people tried self discipline to control the temptation of smoking. Others would try re- lifestyle and refocus their attention just to stop themselves from doing it. But worse, others don’t know what to do and they simply give in. Others on the other hand, would smoke not because they don’t know what to do but simply because they won’t get belong to the “in group’.

Statement of the Problem
The Purpose of this research paper is to determine how many of the 4th year student still using cigarette on Valenzuela National High School. 1. Why so very important to you to take or use cigarettes than going to school?
2. What is cigarette for you while you using it? Explain ? Why ?
3. Do you agree in sin tax bill? if yes/no, why ?
4.Who is most likely to become addicted?
5.Does smoking cause to a cancer or disease?

Significance of the Story
The significance of the study concerns not only the junior high school students and the people using cigarettes but also other the people who is in the government because they have to be the good example to us. ,some government official are still using a cigarettes as well as our president itself. The findings may serve as a guide for the conduct of the similar studies and serve as a basis for have a life with no cigarette at all.

Definition of Terms
Academic Performance –conceptually academic performance refers to the over all evaluation of the academic performance reflected in student 's grades..
Age – refers to the length of time of level 3 students which measured by years from birth that considerably existed.
Attitude – refers to mental disposition, feelings or emotion toward a state or fact. In this study, this term means the student 's feeling and disposition toward smoking.
Clinical Performance – the term refers to the evaluation of the performance in the clinical setting, hospital or community.
Sex- conceptually this term refers to the sum of structural and functional differences of every individual. Operationally this term refers to male and female engage in smoking.
Smoking - is a practice where a substance, most commonly tobacco , is burned and the smoke tasted or inhaled. This is primarily done as a form of recreational drug use, as combustion releases the active substances in drugs such as nicotine and makes them available for absorption through the lungs. In this study, this term refer to the inhalation of burned tobacco stick of the students.

Review of Related Literature
This chapter covers more on the study, which is basically related to the research study of the attitude of West Negros University College of Nursing level 3 student nurses towards smoking. This chapter contains the related reading, ideas, concept and research studies of different authors and sources in relation to the effect of smoking to one 's attitude.
Conceptual Literature
Smoking is the practice of inhaling tobacco from a pipe or cigarette. The custom of smoking tobacco is thought to have started in the Americas. In the late 1400 's,English and Spanish explorers returning from the New World brought back to Europe the custom of pipe smoking, which they had learned from Indians. Cigarette smoking may have started among the Aztecs of Mexico, who smoked shredded tobacco rolled inside corn husks. Until the 1900 's tobacco was used mainly in cigars, chewing tobacco and snuff. Later cigarette smoking became popular and increased sharply after World War 1 (1918) and again after World War II (1945)
.In 1964 the United States Public Health Service released a landmark document ,smoking in health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General, which concluded that smoking is a major cause of cancer of the lung, mouth and throat. Since, then researchers have shown that each year cigarette smoking cause more than 300,000 premature deaths in the United States alone, principally from the heart disease, cancer
The New Book of Knowledge, 1992, pp. 243 and chronic (long – lasting) obstructive lung disease, such as emphysema. In 1965,congress adopted legislation requiring that all cigarette packages carry a warning about the health hazard of smoking. Cigarette advertisements on radio and television have been banned since 1970.One of the more recent concerns about smoking is the effects of tobacco smoke has on nonsmokers (" passive or involuntary ' ' smoking). The 1986 Surgeon General 's Report, the health consequences of involuntary smoking, came to three major conclusion: (1) Involuntary smoking is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers; (2) the children of parents who smoke have more respiratory infection , such as pneumonia and bronchitis, than the children on non- smokers. (3) These paration of smokers and non- smokers may reduce, but does not eliminate, the exposure of nonsmokers to environmental tobacco smoke
. These findings support recent trend towel restricting or banning smoking in public places and in the work place. In fact, the surgeon general and Public Health Service have called fro smoke – free society in succeeding years. Campaigns aimed at educating the Public about the health hazards of smoking have been very successful. Studies shows that 90% of the U.S. adult population now recognizes that cigarette smoking cause lung cancer, heart disease and emphysema. Teenagers have begun turning away from cigarettes. The percentage of high school seniors who smoke every day has fallen from 29 % in 1977 to about 20% in 1987. It is critical that people recognize that dangers of smoking before they consider taking up the habit. Smoking causes smokers cough, a lower capacity for exercise, addiction to nicotine, and in the long run, severe disability and death
Local Literature n the Philippines, the number of women who smoke is constantly on the rise. Itis a phenomenon that, in recent years, seems to affect the youngest most of all: 30% of girls between the ages of 13 and 18 smoke regularly. According to a recent study conducted by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance,18.7% of Filipino young women between the ages of 13 and 25 smoke cigarettes. The numbers go up if the sample is restricted to teenagers between 13 and 15: 3 out of 10already have the smoking habit. Among female smokers, 60% say that they smoked their first cigarette at the age of 18, while the remaining 40% say they started when they were still very young.
They continue to smoke despite the fact that they are aware of the risks connected to smoking: nine girls out of ten know that smoking can cause lung cancer, infertility, early menopause, osteoporosis, and hysterectomy. For this reason, the country has begun an anti-smoking campaign supported by the local Catholic Church: the first initiatives include that of putting warning labels on packaging
Research Literature
Alarm more teens are lighting up and making smoking a habit
.But do they really know the harm they 're doing to their young bodies? Some teens are asked why they smoke. They mostly answered to relieve tension; to be in "in" the group, fashion and make them feel strong and heavenly feeling. There are only some teenagers being asked for the reasons of why they smoke. True that we all die but don’t we know the adverse consequences smoking has on one 's health. More than just addictive nicotine, these are the poisons that go into our lung search time we inhale cigarette smoke. ARSENIC: used in rat poison; ACETIC ACID: hair dye and developer; ACETONE: main ingredients in paint and
Fingernail polish remover.
AMMONIA: a typical household cleaner; BENZENE: rubber cement; CADIUM: found in batteries and artist oil plant that carries carbon monoxide; FORMALDEHYDE: used to embalm dead bodies; HYDRAZINE: used in jet and rocket fuels; HYDROGEN CYANIDE: poison in gas chambers; NAPTHALINES: used in explosive moth balls and pain pigments; NICKEL: used in the process of electroplating; PHENOL; used in disinfectants and plastics; POLONIUM: radiation dosage equal to 300 chest X-ray in one year; STYRENE: found in isolation material; TOLUENE: embalmers glue; VINYL CHLORIDE: ingredients found in garbage bags.
The gross truth, the damage of smoking does to our insides eventually shows in our physical appearance. It 's not about being vain, but puffing can really strip our pretty points.
Its stained teeth that either yellowish or brownish, bad breath, a yellow stain in the fingertips, black lips, facial wrinkles and an over all odor of stale smoke that everyone, except a smoker that can detect.

Summary

Conclusion

Recommendation

Bibliography
BOOKS
Ardales, Venancio B.2008Basic Concepts and Methods in Research. 3rd edition. Ermita, Manila: Educational Publishing Company Christopherson, Toni G.2004 Working Nurse, Working world. New York: Wadsworth Publishing Company. Hughes, John R.1996Smoke Alarm. San Diego State University Keller, Kimberly F.1996Great Emphasis. California: Polacheck, Whitney.1996Guiding Rule for a better.” New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc. The New Book of Knowledge1992 History of Smoking
PERIODICALS
Philippine Journal of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. (January / June 2006)The Script. (2002)Time Magazine, Volume 44, (1995).
INTERNET
www. AsiaNews.It.com

Questionnaire

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Bibliography: BOOKS Ardales, Venancio B.2008Basic Concepts and Methods in Research. 3rd edition. Ermita, Manila: Educational Publishing Company Christopherson, Toni G.2004 Working Nurse, Working world. New York: Wadsworth Publishing Company. Hughes, John R.1996Smoke Alarm. San Diego State University Keller, Kimberly F.1996Great Emphasis. California: Polacheck, Whitney.1996Guiding Rule for a better.” New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc. The New Book of Knowledge1992 History of Smoking PERIODICALS  Philippine Journal of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. (January / June 2006)The Script. (2002)Time Magazine, Volume 44, (1995).  INTERNET www. AsiaNews.It.com Questionnaire Resume