CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
By:
Muhammd Shafiq Bin Ramlan

Group Members:
Izzairy Izny
Faisal Jamin

Lecture’s Name:
Dr. Megawati Osman

Course:
EH2204E
 1) Background of
the Study 2) Problem
Statement

6) Studies
from Journals

Report
3) Objective

5) Scope of
the Study 4) Significance
of the study
 Background of the Study

History of the tobacco

• The history of cigarettes is back on 4000 BC (South America)

• Cristopher Columbus found the tobacco plants.

The Effect of Cigarettes Smoking

• Generally it may cause various diseases the smoker and people around them.
• Known as the top disease-maker in the world.
• It is accounts for about 400,000 deaths per year in the USA while 100,000 in the UK
and 5 million around the world
Problem Statement
 Objective

The study aims to investigate the factors of student smoking cigarettes among Chemical
Engineering students. Thus, our objective can be listed as below;

● To identify the reason why students take cigarettes as part of their daily life.

● To know when they usually smoke cigarettes.

● To find out the ease of accessibility to smoke cigarettes.

● To find out whether they have intentions to quit smoking or not

 Significance of the Study

The findings provided some insights into smoking issues in UiTM

The study that carried out would benefit all party

• Ministry of Higher Education
• Chemical Engineering Faculty
• UiTM university students

1) These findings can help the Ministry department to find ways to overcome smoking
problems among university students

2) Faculty of Chemical Engineering also can take a proactive action such as make a
campaigns on the danger of smoke

3) Help create awareness among UiTM students

Scope of the Study
 Studies from Journals

First Journal

• Exploring Factors that Influence Smoking Initiation and Cessation among Current Smokers
• Written by Cheangaivendan Chezhian, Shruti Murthy, Satish Prasad, Jyoti Bala Kasav,
Surapaneni Krishna Mohan, Sangeeta Sharma, Awnish Kumar Singh, and Ashish Joshi
• This journal was published in 2015
• The authors want to describe the factors that influence smoking initiations among society
• It also describes the result of the experiment conducted in local community in India.
Second Journal

• Factors Affecting Cigarette Smoking and Intention to Smoke Among Puerto Rican-American
High School Students
• Written by Kevin W. Smith, Sarah A. McGraw and J. Emilio Carrillo
• This journal describe the investigations done by the researches and the results obtained
• The investigation that carried out was to find out the measures of social influences,
acculturation, social control, beliefs about smoking and demographic characteristics
• In this journal, the authors also explain factors affecting cigarettes smoking

Third Journal

• Cigarettes Smoking as a Risk Factor Stroke by the Framingham Study

• Written by Philip A. Wolf, MD, Ralph B. D'Agostino, PhD, William B. Kannel, MD, Ruth
Bonita, MPH, PhD, Albert J. Belanger
• This journal was published in 2015
• This journal talk about consequences when someone started to use cigarettes
• The risk of stroke then increase when the number of cigarettes smoked increased
Fourth Journal

• The title of this journal is Cigarette Smoking

• This journal were written by Andrew W. Bergen and Neil Caporaso
• Published back in the year of 1999
• This journal focused on the genetic factors associated with cigarette smoking
• They studied these subject to know the effect of smoking on smokers, as well as non
smokers.

Fifth Journal

• Tobacco Smoking and Awareness of Smoking-Cessation Products in a University

Community
• Written by Gboyega E. Abikoye, Adesegun J. Kashimawo and Chikezie U. Eze
• Published back in the year of 2013
• Focused among patrons in Amassoma, the host community
• In this journal they able to prove that level of awareness of smoking cessation products
are critically low among society by conducting a survey.