Publication: Behaviors of smokers on cigarette smoking in selected public places
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2002-03
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Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State Univeristy - South La Union Campus
Abstract
This study sought to determine the various behaviors of people towards cigarette
smoking in selected public places.
Specifically, it was conducted to determine 1.) the profile of the respondents in
terms of gender, age, civil status, religion, family income, and personal features, 2.) the
reasons why they smoke cigarettes, 3.) the places where smoking is regularly done, 4.)
the related causes of cigarette smoking, and 5.) the social behaviors of smokers.
This study negatively hypothesize .that there is no significant relationship between
personal profile and reasons of smoking; personal profile and social behaviors.
The data needed for the study were gathered by means of questionnaire that were
developed and administered respectively to forty-four college students of students of
DMMMSU-Agoo during the second semester of the school year 2001-2002.
The study was descriptive-correlation in design. It described to some extent the
profile of the respondents in terms of gender, age, civil status, religion, family income
and personal features and how these variables related to the dependent variables in terms
of reasons of smoking and social behaviors.
To test the hypothesis of the study, the statistical tools employed were the
weighted mean, frequency, percentage, ranking and correlation matrix.
The following were the salient findings:
Majority of the respondents are male, single and are between the ages of 19 and
20. Most of the respondents are Roman Catholic in religion and belongs to the family
whose income range from P7, 000 to P10, 000.
Those respondents often smoke after daily meal and when they have a serious
problem. They usually smoke in places where numerous people are present. They are
aware of the ill effects of smoking cigarettes and yet they still smoke to show that they
are socially accepted in the group and feel the sense of belongingness.
There is a significant relationship between personal profile and reasons of
smoking: personal profile and social behaviors.
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Cabasag, R. B., Cabreros, H. B. E., Dacanay, E. L., Delizo, C. S., Dulin, M. V., & Villanueva, L. C. (2002) Behaviors of smokers on cigarette smoking in selected public places [Unpublished Undergraduate thesis]. Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State Univeristy - South La Union Campus, Agoo, La Union.