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ABSTRACT:

This is very much wonderful job to research upon certain topic i.e.Causes of smoking habit

among Silver Mountain Graduate Business School student. Actually it is great opportunity

to present our skill and ability in such a challenging topic.

We (Mr. Mohammed Aslam, Mr. Anit Maharjan & Mr. Sundeep Gurung) really enjoyed the project

that was assigned on the title:Causes of smoking habit among Silver Mountain Graduate

Business School student. We are really thankful to our subject teacher for supporting this

challenging task to us.

The survey was forwarded upon total students of silver mountain college i.e. 195 on which

139 are boys and 56 are girls. Among them 79 students does smoking which includes 50 boys

and 29 girls. The survey was interesting and for collection of data we used various datasampling and prepared questionnaire. Moreover, we used various tools and techniques and

primary data as well as primary and we went through general to specific research. This report

generally, describes about the behavior of the students and how they influenced towards

smoking. This also contains queries like, how they started smoking? From where they

manage to get money for smoke? Advantage and disadvantage? Its causes and effects. All

these quires are managerially answered and solutions too. Thus, this report makes people

aware of smoking.

Therefore, in order to accomplish this project we have used various tools and techniques.

Furthermore, we also used the internet resources for secondary data.

Table of Contents

ABSTRACT:........................................................................................................................................... 3

INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................. 4

BACKGROUND:............................................................................................................................... 5

OBJECTIVES OF STUDY:............................................................................................................... 8

LIMITATION OF STUDY:................................................................................................................ 8

LITERATURE REVIEW:...................................................................................................................... 9

METHODOLOGY:.............................................................................................................................. 14

RESEARCH DESIGN:..................................................................................................................... 14

SOURCE OF DATA:....................................................................................................................... 14

PRIMARY DATA:....................................................................................................................... 14

SECONDARY DATA:................................................................................................................. 14

THE SAMPLING PROCEDURE:.................................................................................................... 14

TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES OF DATA COLLECTION:............................................................. 15

QUESTIONAIRRE SURVEY:..................................................................................................... 15


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KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEW:............................................................................................. 16

FIELD VISIT AND OBSERVATION:........................................................................................ 16

FINDINGS AND DATA COLLECTION:........................................................................................... 17

FINDING BASED ON CENSUS SAMPLING METHOD:............................................................ 17

FINDING BASED ON RANDOM SAMPLING METHOD:.......................................................... 18

CONCLUSION:.................................................................................................................................... 24

I. APPENDIX............................................................................................................................... 25

II. APPENDIX............................................................................................................................... 26

REFERENCES:.................................................................................................................................... 28


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ABSTRACT:

This is very much wonderfuljob to research upon certain topic i.e.Causes of smoking habit

among Silver Mountain Graduate Business School student. Actually it is great opportunity

to present our skill and ability in such a challenging topic.

We (Mr. Mohammed Aslam, Mr. Anit Maharjan & Mr. Sundeep Gurung) really enjoyed the project

that was assigned on the title:Causes of smoking habit among Silver Mountain Graduate

Business School student. We are really thankful to our subject teacher for supporting this

challenging task to us.

The survey was forwarded upon total students of silver mountain college i.e. 195 on which

139 are boys and 56 are girls. Among them 79 students does smoking which includes 50 boys

and 29 girls. The survey was interesting and for collection of data we used various datasampling and prepared questionnaire. Moreover, we used various tools and techniques and

primary data as well as primary and we went through general to specific research. This report

generally, describes about the behavior of the students and how they influenced towards

smoking. This also contains queries like, how they started smoking? From where they

manage to get money for smoke? Advantage and disadvantage? Its causes and effects. All

these quires are managerially answered and solutions too. Thus, this report makes people

aware of smoking.

Therefore, in order to accomplish this project we have used various tools and techniques.

Furthermore, we also used the internet resources for secondary data.


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INTRODUCTION

WARNING:CIGARETTE SMOKING IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH

We always find this warning labeled on the cigarette packs. Instead of this cigarettes are

being consumed.

The use of tobacco as cigarettes is a phenomenon predominating the 21stcentury. Due to the

large variety of diseases caused by smoking now it has taken a form of epidemic. The major

diseases caused due to smoking are cardio vascular diseases, respiratory diseases,

atherosclerosis or narrowing of arteries, lung cancer and cancer of oral cavity etc. The

smokers are 3 to 4 times more prone to heart diseases than non smokers and 90% lung cancer

deaths are due to smoking.

The present scenario of health and social risks due to smoking is a challenge in the 21 st

century. Unless it is not managed properly and in time it will become an uncontrollable

behavior leading to long term health and social problems all over the world. We thought can

we introduce a cigarette in a market which is non-injurious to health means a cigarette which

do not result in any type of health hazard to the students as students are the future of our

nation.

Thus we found it very genuine to conduct a survey among the students of different colleges

including smokers and non-smokers in order to study various aspects of cigarette smoking

habits.

Cigarette smoking, as it exists in the world today, is a most remarkable phenomenon. It is a

habit of the most widespread proportions, and a product of the 21stcentury. Today, cigarette

smoking has ramifications in almost every area of knowledge - in politics, economics,

psychiatry, psychology, sociology, anthropology, pharmacology and pathology. It is strange

that people should go to such lengths to burn and then inhale some vegetable matter. We

must find out what is rewarding about it. Furthermore, the rates of college students smoking

have fluctuated for the past twenty years. Majority of lifelong smokers begin smoking habits

before the age of 24, which makes the college years a crucial time in the study of cigarette

consumption. Cigarette smoking on college campuses has become an important public health


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issue and there has been increase in campus wide smoking bans and other preventative

programs to reduce the rates of students smoking.

BACKGROUND:

We know that youth are curious and have an attitude of experimentation. Many youth in

Nepal are spoilt in smoking as they want to explore things that they see or are told about by

their friends. Many of the youth smoke to be "smart" -- believing what they are shown in the

movies and advertisements. Another reason from which the youth are spoilt in cigarette is

that they have lack of proper guidance and an unhealthy circle of friends. The parents who

are very busy give their children unnecessarily money as they think that money can occupy

the space for love, giving them time, understanding their feelings, etc. As these youth are

tortured mentally, they go for smoking as they want relaxation and experiment with smoking

as nobody says anything about smoking. The bad friends circle also tempts young people to

go for cigarette smoking. Here in Nepal, cigarette smoking is a social custom and tradition.

Even though cigarette advertisements have been banned, the youth cigarette smokers are

increasing day by day. The main reason behind this is that cigarette companies also sponsor

concerts, sport events, sport figures, and even dance parties where the youth are present. At

these events caps, t-shirts, and other items with brand logos and colors are displayed and

given away, and are very popular.

As 3 million people die of cigarette smoking each year, 70% of which are from developing

countries, it is really necessary to minimize cigarette smoking. Studies indicate that 80% of

the lung cancer is caused by cigarette smoking and as cigarette smoking is often the precursor

to drugs there are many NGOs, individual and government efforts working against it.

Governments are seriously making campaigns to stop cigarette smoking by the media but the

urban youth who are targeted are interested in foreign channels. Government has also kept

information and effect of cigarette smoking in the curriculum but the teachers themselves

smoke in the school compound which influences the students beliefs. Government has not

yet banned smoking in public places. I believe that the cigarette companies also should pay

tax on the public health. The rate of smokers increasing also indicates that 7-10 million

people will die by the year 2020. In our country the people who smoke arrive in the hospital

when they have an advanced stage of cancer, not in the preliminary round of cancer. So the

death rate by cigarette smoking is high in Nepal. We believe that parents should also guide

young people to a good path.


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OBJECTIVES OF STUDY:

Apart from a learning objective, to know how a survey is being done, the analysis of the

data is carried out the major objectives of this survey can be summed up as:

1. To find out the background of smokers (Students).2. To assess monthly expenditure on smoking.3. To find out the most vulnerable age of smoking.4. To investigate the prevalence of smoking among students attending institutions of

higher learning in Silver Mountain Graduate Business School

5. To investigate the prevalence of tobacco use and the psychosocial determinants of thisbehavior amongst the students.

6. To determine if there are any differences in the knowledge of the health hazards ofsmoking among the students on the basis of the institution of learning and the course of

study.

7. To determine the attitude of the students towards government anti-smoking legislation.

LIMITATION OF STUDY:

As this survey was conducted in the presence of researchers and also it is just the

fulfillment project for the partial BBA degree, it has got various limitations:

This report might not be as efficient as it seems. This report is prepared in limited areas research and in limited time and with limited

number of samples.

Data may not be accurate due to the presence of observant The conclusion and estimates might not be in the generalized but the inferences might

be valid to some extent like in other colleges as well.


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LITERATURE REVIEW:

Literature review is basically a stock taking work of available literature. So, it provides

required depth of knowledge for conducting research. The purpose of literature review is thus

to find out what principles are established and research studies have been conducted in the

field of study, and what remains to be done. (Wolf and Pant; 1999: 30) To make meaningful

research study, the conceptual review has been done through the study of various books and

articles. In addition, researches conducted by the previous researchers in the field of financial

performance have also been reviewed by studying their research work, thesis, dissertation etc.

SMOKING HABI TS OF STUDENTS A SURVEY by: Mr. Pancholi Kunal at M. S. Patel

I nstitute of M anagement Studies, Faculty of Management Studies, M . S. University of Baroda for

SMOKING HABITS OF STUDENTS.

The major findings of the study were:

1. About 39 out of 100 students who smokers are the Regular Smokers.2. Mr. John Abraham is the favorite icon for students who smoke.3. Around 54% percent the students who smoke buy their own cigarette and around 30% share their

cigarette from friends.

4. A majority of students get more than Rs.1000 as their pocket money per month.5. Most of the students who smoke spend their 20% of their pocket money on cigarette and on other

tobacco products.

6. Most of the students adopt cigarette in the company of friends and their pressure later it become anaddiction.

7. More than 60% students think that the smokers dont have any advantage over non-smokers.8. More than 35% students think that smoking once started cant be quit. 9. Most of the students start smoking at the age of 16 on an average.

THE DETERMINANTS OF SMOKING BEHAVIOR AMONG TEENAGERS IN EAST

JAVA PROVINCE, I NDONESIA Conduct by Santi M artni and Muj i Suli styowati

Contrary to what would be expected from existing data for Indonesian adults, a

Surprisingly high percentages of female students in this sample were current smokers.

Women have begun to smoke in other nations as they have modernized and women have

sought more independence compared to their traditional roles in society. When othervariables (e.g., pocket money) were included in multivariate analyses, gender was no longer


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statistically significantly associated with the probability of smoking, indicating that teenage

girls are just as likely to smoke as boys, other things being equal.

Most ever smokers had their first cigarette between 10 and 17 years of age, with age 15 years

being the most common age of initiation. In general, todays Indonesian youth may be

adopting smoking earlier than in the past, perhaps as a way of presenting themselves as more

modern and part of a global youth culture, promoted through music, music videos, movies,

fashion, etc. It would be important for tobacco control efforts to try to break the link between

smoking and modernity. Developing countries might seek to avoid the pitfalls experienced by

those further along in the development and modernization processes.

While it is impossible to alter some factors that appear to encourage people to smoke, others

can be addressed. For instance, the smoking rate was higher among students who did not live

in a family that included parents, and there is little to be done about this social factor. But, as

mentioned above and with other examples below, tobacco control counter measures can

potentially have an effect. Any measure that promotes the idea that smoking is not the norm

might discourage youth smoking.

Predisposing factors

While there are other predisposing factors, we focused on the knowledge of the health risks

associated with smoking. This knowledge was present but uneven among the Indonesian

students. Rather than focus on the health risks faced by long-term smokers, it might be more

important for tobacco control practitioners to address the health risks of smoking to younger

people, such as women during pregnancy and of environmental tobacco smoke to

nonsmokers, particularly babies and children. Such information might increase the number of

students with a high knowledge of the adverse health consequences of smoking. Also, it

would be important to educate students about the danger of nicotine addiction and the

difficulty of quitting smoking. Many probably think that they could quit smoking before the

long-term health effects would endanger their personal health. The belief that smoking is

harmful personally even if one exercises and is otherwise healthy appeared to be associated

with reduced smoking prevalence. Public health messages emphasizing this theme might

deter youth smoking.


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Enabling factors

Smoking prevalence was lower among those who did not think that cigarettes were very easy

to get. In general, smokers said that cigarettes were affordable and readily attainable. While

instituting and enforcing access-to-minor laws may not be practical, there are other steps that

might reduce the accessibility and affordability of cigarettes. Many smokers bought

cigarettes, and many also obtained them from others, including peers and family. Siblings and

other household members were more likely to be a source than parents. Letting people know

that facilitating youth smoking by giving them cigarettes is not doing them a favor might be a

message to counteract social sources. Another emphasis that might be practical is limiting

access during the school day. If no one, including teachers, other staff, and visitors, was

allowed to smoke or bring cigarettes onto the school campus, social sources should decline.

This would also set an expectation and could help lead to a change in the perception (norm)

that smoking is acceptable. Currently, there was not much of an association between saying

that smoking was not allowed in schools and smoking prevalence, but if smoke-free schools

were universal and adequately enforced, this might change. This action would explicitly and

clearly indicate that smoking is not acceptable, especially if accompanied by measures to

make other public spaces where adults spent time together (all workplaces, transportation,

etc) smoke-free as well. Another obvious step would be to sell cigarettes only by the pack.Many smokers bought single cigarettes, and found smoking easily affordable. Having to pay

the price for an entire pack at once might deter smoking. Increasing the price of cigarettes

significantly through taxation is another obvious measure that has proven effective in many

countries.

Reinforcing factors

Our results indicate that students with smokers in the household were more likely to smoke. It

could be argued that family smoking is a predisposing factor (children may think that if their

parents smoke, then smoking is acceptable), an enabling factor (others in the household are a

ready source of cigarettes), and a reinforcing factor (students may smoke socially with other

family members). Only tobacco control measures that discourage and reduce adult smoking

prevalence will reduce the number of households with smokers and thus the perception that

smoking is the norm. However, parents attitudes about youth smoking appear to be a

deterrent. Enlisting parents in the fight against youth smoking may be an effective strategy.

Even parents who smoke, but emphatically express the wish that they did not smoke (and that


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it is very difficult to quit) and that their children should not smoke, may make a difference.

Currently, having friends or teachers who smoke and the perceived norms of these groups

regarding smoking do not appear to be associated with youth smoking, perhaps because

smoking is so pervasive. As mentioned above, a completely smoke-free school environment

may make a difference. If smoking is observed less, it will be perceived as less acceptable

and less normal and be less of a fixture in the social environment.Social norms against

smoking, particularly among peers, need to be increased.

While some non-smoking students perceived smoking as socially helpful, these views were

much more prevalent among smokers. Smokers were also more likely to perceive a personal

benefit (increased concentration, better grades, etc). Whether these beliefs led to smoking or

were a result of smoking cannot be addressed with cross-sectional data. In this study, those

who perceived smokers as attractive were particularly likely to be smokers. Images of

beautiful, healthy people in social settings are pervasive advertising themes. While youth can

learn of benefits of smoking from smokers, banning cigarette advertising is a powerful way to

undermine the (erroneous) associations of smoking with glamour, beauty etc. that is a key

message of cigarette advertising. Results will likely be limited unless a complete ban on

advertising is mandatedcross country research shows that weak or partial advertising bans

are ineffectual (World Bank, 1999). At the very least, however, tobacco advertising should bebanned anywhere near schools and in teen magazines (smoking prevalence was higher among

those who saw cigarette advertisements very often in teen magazines). And all advertising

should be required by law to carry large, prominent, specific health education messages about

the risks of smoking and benefits of quitting.

Independent factors associated with current smoking

Counteracting the belief that smoking is not harmful if one exercises or is otherwise strong

and healthy should be a public health priority. Another priority would be emphasizing the

reasons not to smoke to counteract the perceive reasons for smoking. Endorsing a high

number of reasons to smoke appeared to eclipse having a high number of health concerns

about smoking. Reversing this balance might help reduce smoking. Parents who give the

impression to their teens that smoking would get them into serious trouble also appear to

deter smoking. This perception needs to be broadened to include other role models (teachers),

and also peers. As long as smoking is perceived as the norm in a society, it will be difficult to

dissuade youth from smoking. Adults need to set an example. The idea that smoking is an


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adult behavior is one of the powerful motivators for young people to smoke in order to

appear or feel older and more mature, and can only be undermined when most adults do not

smoke themselves.

Limitations

This study has the same limitations inherent in any school survey. The Surabaya youth survey

was cross-sectional and smoking status is by self-report. Further, some students may not have

understood some of the questions. In the present study, translation problems may have led to

some confusion as to the definition of current smokers. In the future, when designing similar

surveys, it would be important to ask additional questions to verify or cross check the validity

of responses. Asking for more details on frequency of smoking would be important for

validating responses and estimating monthly cigarette consumption.


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METHODOLOGY:

RESEARCH DESIGN:

The study will be carried out on the basis of survey research, moreover a questionnaire based

research. It cannot be fully called a survey research as we just took the information of

smoking and non-smoking students of the entire college but we didnt take the information

regarding the cause of their smoking in Silver Mountain Graduate Business School, so it is

mostly based on questionnaire based research. This research will be performed at the

premises of Silver Mountain Graduate Business School, Lainchaur, Kathmandu and will be

conducted only among the students of Silver Mountain. The research will be done to find out

the reasons for smoking in Silver Mountain and the factors that influences them to smoke

inside the college premises.

SOURCE OF DATA:

In order to prepare this report of primary and secondary data was collected.

PRIMARY DATA:

Interview questionnaire and general questionnaire within the premises of SilverMountain Graduate Business School was used for the collection of data.

SECONDARY DATA:

Various internet sites regarding smoking in colleges and smoking among students wasused as reference.

Text book of Psychology was also used for the collection of secondary data.

THE SAMPLING PROCEDURE:

In any research, data should be collected either by census method or sampling method. In this

research we are going to choose both census as well as take a sample through a simple

random sampling method. First census method will be used for finding out total number

students in Silver Mountain Graduate Business School and the number of boys and girls who

smoke.


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On the basis of Census Sampling:

Silver Mountain Graduate Business School

Total Number of Students Admitted From

2008-2011Students No of students

Male 139

Female 56

Total 195

Total Number of smokers and non-smokers in SMBGS who are in age group in between

19-24 from sample data

Similarly, simple random sampling method will be done among the smokers in order to find

out the causes and reasons for smoking in Silver Mountain and by this random sampling

method each individual of the smokers has an equal probability of being included. We have

randomly selected 10 smokers whose sampling is shown below:

On the basis of Random Sampling Method:


Students No of students

Male 5

Female 5

Total 10

TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES OF DATA COLLECTION:

The tools and techniques that will be used for primary data collection will be structured

questionnaire, semi or unstructured interviews and observations. And to collect the secondary

data the articles through internet will be used.

QUESTIONAIRRE SURVEY:

Structured questionnaire will be used to generate the realistic data for the preparation of

report . The respondents will be requested to answer the questions given on the questionnaire

as well as simple chit will be provided to all the students of the college to find out total

smokers within the college.


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KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEW:

The primary data will also be collected from key informants using the semi or unstructured

interview method. The interview will be taken for the research. The respondent will be

interviewed on the impact of smoking in college, awareness of smoking in college, attitude

towards smoking in college.

FIELD VISIT AND OBSERVATION:

In order to conduct the research on basis of consensus method we will be visiting the classes

in the Silver Mountain Graduate Business School personally and later we will also be visiting

all the individuals of the sample personally to collect the primary data.


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FINDINGS AND DATA COLLECTION:

FINDING BASED ON CENSUS SAMPLING METHOD:


Total Number of Students Admitted From

2006-2011

Total Number of smokers and non-smokers in SMBGS who are in age group in between

19-24 from sample data

71%

29%

No of students

male

female

37%

13%

50%50%

No. of Smokers

male

female

other

25%

25%

50%

Non-smokers

male

female

others

Students No of students

Male 139

Female 56

Total 195

Smokers No of Students

Male 59

Female 20

Total 79

Non-smokers No of students

Male 57

Female 59

Total 116


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FINDING BASED ON RANDOM SAMPLING METHOD:

How often do you smoke?

This question is the very basic question on which the research is based. The question is

placed on the first position so as the respondent comes to know subject of study at the very

inception. The options are:

The options are:

1. Regularly- This means 5 or more cigarettes every day.2. Occasionally- This implies specific occasion on different days of a week of different

days of month. For ex. 5 times in a month

3. Sometimes- These respondents are the starters and have taken only one or two puffssometime.

4. No- This option is for those who dont smoke.

At What Age You Started Smoking?

This question is only valid for smokers only. The question ask respondent about the age at

which they started smoking. By this we can conclude the most vulnerable age for starting

smoking.

The data will be useful in finding correlation with other smoking habits also.

Following chart shows the various responses to the question:

70%

20%

10%

Days you smoke

everyday sometimes ocassionally


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AGE OF STARTING SMOKING

Who sponsors for your cigarettes?

This question is about how people get cigarette. And also is related with the market

dimension of the study. The question is asked to check the responses in relation to many

other cigarette consuming habits.

For Ex: How many regular smokers buy cigarettes or borrow from friends or other

options.

The options are:

1. Myself from job2. Dad3. Mom4. Ask money from parents by

cheating

5. Siblings6. Others7. Pals

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23

No of somokers 1 1 5 5 13 2 10 4 1 1

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

noofsmokers

22%

22%

11%

34%

11%

Getting cigrates

myself by job ask from parents by cheating pals others mom


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What do you think what makes people start smoking?

This question directly asks about the different reasons because of which the students start

smoking.

This question can also be correlated with many other questions such as age, favorite hero.

Expenditure etc.

The Options are:

1. Friends Those who are smokers and have picked this option are definitelyinfluenced by their friends

2. Celebrities -Those who are smokers and have picked this option are definitelyinfluenced by the celebrities.

3. Depression - Those who are smokers and have picked this option are definitelyinfluenced by bad incidents and failures.

4. To be Stylish These people are definitely are influenced by style factor to startsmoking.

What do you think is there any advantage that smokers have on nonsmokers?

This question is an indirect question to find to is there any advantage smoker enjoys over

nonsmokers.

Also to find out the correlation between this and what people think of smokers when they

see them smoking.

The Options are:

1. Attractive & Have more girlfriend2. Can influence3. No Advantage4. Relief from pressure

60%

10%

30%

factor to start

friends

depression

to be stylish


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What do you think at what times people feel smoking the most?

This question directly asked about the specific time on which smokers feel like smokingthe most. The responses can be used to find out the correlation between options of do you

smokeand this question.

For Ex: How many occasionally smokers have chosen no specific time or special

occasion option in this question.

The options are:

1. In Tension2. Special Occasion3. To Avoid Loneliness

4. After Having Food5. No specific time

What do you think people once started smoking can quit it easily?

It is a direct question to know the personal opinion of the respondents that is it possible for

smokers to quit smoking or not.It may be also possible for them to leaves for a time period or they tried but failed.

80%

10%

10%

Image of smokers over Non-smokers

no advantage

Attaractive and have more

G/F &B/F

relief from presesure

40%

10%

30%

20%

Ocassion to smoke

After having food

To avoid lonliness

No specific timeIn tension


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The options are:

1. Yes2. Tries but fails

3. Leaves for a time period4. Cant Quit

When you see someone smoking what do you think of him?

This question is an indirect question to know the perception of the respondent when they

see somebody smoking.

Also helps in knowing indirectly what to smokers think of themselves smoking.

The options are:

1. More confident2. Stupid3. Successful

4. Cool-Dude5. No Opinion

60%20%

20%

Quit of not to quit smoke

leaves for time period

tries but fails

yes

72%

28%

How other feels about smoker

No option Stupid


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If a kind of a cigarette comes which is not injurious to health but gives you a

reasonable level of satisfaction would you use it?

This is the main question related to the hypothesis testing. Through this question we want

to know the market feasibility of the cigarette which is non-injurious to health and give a

reasonable level of satisfaction.

If the respondent chose the YES option means they are wiling to try the hypnotized

cigarette and if NO means not willing to.

How old are you?

This is the personal question about the age of the respondent.

Will YOU use new non harmful one ?

65%

35%

Yes

NO

Age split of respndants

20%

29%23%

18%

10% Less than 18

18 - 20

20 - 22

22 - 24

More than 24


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CONCLUSION:

Smoking is injurious to health , this is known facts so the statement is made and will be

made in future too. It is very wonderful experiment to do survey on Causes of smoking in

Silver Mountain College. Actually, it was not easy to do experiment on something and you

take interview, its really tough job. However we started survey and got great experience.

Silver Mountain Graduate Business School is smoke free zone, students are allowed to smoke

in rest room break but it doesnt mean they are completely allowed to smoke whenever they

want. All around 195 students on which 139 are boys and 56 are girls. Among them 79

students does smoking which includes 50 boys and 29 girls. The survey was interesting and

for collection of data we used various data sampling and prepared questionnaire. Moreover,

we used various tools and techniques and primary data as well as primary and we went

through general to specific research.

According to the survey done in Silver Mountain College. Many students manage to smokethrough friends and by lying their mother or parents. The next fact is, they started to smoking

due to depression too, they do smoking. Thus, the main root of smoking is flow of tradition,

friends, westernization, fashion, cinemas and many more. Moreover they also have stated in a

day they smoke 2-10 times. This is really tough and hardship though its the fact that

smoking is injurious for health. Nonetheless, to the statement, "no one likes a smoker," 67 %

disagreed. Only 17% agreed and 16% were uncertain. Similarly, when asked whether

"smoking is unattractive," 69% agreed while 21% disagreed and 10% were uncertain. As to

how people feel about smokers, to the statement, "I would not date or marry a smoker," 41%

agreed although 39% disagreed and 20% were uncertain. Some people are concerned about

the personal and social effects of smoking. To the statement, "smoking is socially

acceptable", 44% agreed while 35% disagreed; 21% were undecided. Some people are

concerned with the implications of smoking. For example, to the statement, "people think less

of you if you smoke," 43% disagreed; only 30% agreed and 27% were undecided.

Hence, over all study shows that students are also willing to be away from this injurious

matter but the environment and situation have made them to repeat again and again, they are

not restricted to stop smoking in the college rather it seems they are encouraged by providing

the toilet as smoking zone. According to us, the toilets used as smoking zone in the college

should also be made smoke-free zone to stop smoking in college.


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I. APPENDIXFOR CENSUS METHOD:


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II. APPENDIX

For Random Sampling Method:

Questionnaire on Causes of Smoking Habits among SMGBS Students

I. What is your sex? a. Male b. FemaleII. What is your age? ..

III. How often do you smoke?a) Sometimes d) Once to three times a month

b) Once a week e) Everydayc) Occasionally f) Other.

IV. How many times do you smoke a day?a) 1-3 times c) 4-6 times

b) More than 7 timesV. How many cigarettes do you smoke per day, when you smoke?

no. of cigarettes

VI. How old were you when you started? (Approximate age)..VII.

Why did you start? .

VIII. How did your first cigarette feel?.

IX. What benefits do you get out of smoking?....

X. When do you have your first cigarette of the day? ........................................XI. How much money do you spend on smoking cigarettes? Rs

XII. Who sponsors for your cigarettes?a) Dad e) Myself from Job

b) Mom f) Ask money from parents by cheatingc) Siblings g) othersd) Pals

XIII. How did you get into smoking?a) From elders c) From friends

b) From celebrities d) From parentsXIV. Have you ever given up before? How did you do it, and for how long?


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XV. Why did you start again?

XVI. As a non-smoker, what will you be able to do that you cannot right now?..

XVII. Apart from you, who will be most pleased you are a non-smoker?..

XVIII. What do you think what makes people start smoking?a) Friends c) Celebrities

b) To be Stylish d) DepressionXIX. What do you think is there any advantage that smokers have on nonsmokers?

a) Attractive & have more Girlfriends/Boyfriendsb) Can Influence others easilyc) No Advantage

XX. What do you think at what times people feel smoking the most?a) In Tension d) Special Occasion

b) To avoid Loneliness e) After having foodc) No Specific Time

XXI. What do you think people once started smoking can quit it easily?a) Yes c) Tries but fails

b) leaves for time period d) Cant quitXXII. When you see someone smoking what do you think of him?

a) More Confident d) Stupidb) Cool-Dude e) Successfulc) No Opinion

XXIII. If a kind of a cigarette comes which is not injurious to health but gives you areasonable?

a) Yesb) No

XXIV. Current Tobacco Act prohibition from smoking in public places including colleges inNepal, how do you think that YOU will be affected by it or not?


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