AUTHORS:
1. Mrinal Belchada
2. Vidushi Sahu
3. Sweta Mohanty
4. Shubhangi Karmakar
INTRODUCTION:
Cigarettes were first introduced in the United States in the early 19th century. Before this, tobacco was used primarily in pipes and cigars. By the time of Civil War, cigarette use had become more popular.
Smoking as a public health challenge is globally considered the main risk factor of many non-communicable diseases. Knowing the reasons behind smoking it is a necessary step to develop prevention strategies to combat these issues.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the reasons for addiction to smoking.
DATA COLLECTION:
1. People can handle stress easily.
2. People can handle peer pressure.
3. People feel relaxed after smoking.
4. People do not find it expensive.
5. It is easily available for people.
Data was gathered with google forms from students of ITM.
We are using the method of convenience sampling.
DATA ANALYSIS:
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
MEAN 3.17 3.20 2.08 2.30 3.18
STANDARD
DEVIATION 1.30 1.27 1.33 1.37 1.55
STANDARD
ERROR 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.15
Z SCORE FOR X
1 -1.67 -1.73 -0.81 -0.95 -1.41
2 -0.90 -0.95 -0.06 -0.22 -0.76
3 -1.32 -0.16 1.44 0.51 -0.12
4 0.64 0.63 1.44 1.24 0.53
5 1.40 1.42 2.19 1.97 1.17
TOTAL OF Z -1.85 -0.80 4.20 2.55 -0.5
CONCLUSION:
1) Below are the three reasons where the z value is less than 1.96 resulting into people disagreeing with the reason suggested.
• People can handle stress easily.
• People can handle peer pressure.
• It easily available for people.
2) Below are the reasons where the z value is greater than 1.96 resulting into people agreeing with the reason suggested.
• People feel relaxed after smoking.
• People do not find it expensive.