AUTHORS:
\n1. Mrinal Belchada
\n2. Vidushi Sahu
\n3. Sweta Mohanty
\n4. Shubhangi Karmakar<\/p>\n
INTRODUCTION:
\nCigarettes 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.
\nSmoking 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.<\/p>\n
OBJECTIVE: To determine the reasons for addiction to smoking.<\/p>\n
DATA COLLECTION:
\n1.\tPeople can handle stress easily.
\n2.\tPeople can handle peer pressure.
\n3.\tPeople feel relaxed after smoking.
\n4.\tPeople do not find it expensive.
\n5.\tIt is easily available for people.<\/p>\n
Data was gathered with google forms from students of ITM.
\nWe are using the method of convenience sampling.<\/p>\n
DATA ANALYSIS:
\n Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
\nMEAN 3.17 3.20 2.08 2.30 3.18<\/p>\n
STANDARD
\nDEVIATION 1.30 1.27 1.33 1.37 1.55<\/p>\n
STANDARD
\nERROR 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.15<\/p>\n
Z SCORE FOR X
\n1 -1.67 -1.73 -0.81 -0.95 -1.41
\n2 -0.90 -0.95 -0.06 -0.22 -0.76
\n3 -1.32 -0.16 1.44 0.51 -0.12
\n4 0.64 0.63 1.44 1.24 0.53
\n5 1.40 1.42 2.19 1.97 1.17<\/p>\n
TOTAL OF Z -1.85 -0.80 4.20 2.55 -0.5<\/p>\n
CONCLUSION:<\/p>\n
1)\tBelow are the three reasons where the z value is less than 1.96 resulting into people disagreeing with the reason suggested.
\n\u2022\tPeople can handle stress easily.
\n\u2022\tPeople can handle peer pressure.
\n\u2022\tIt easily available for people.<\/p>\n
2)\tBelow are the reasons where the z value is greater than 1.96 resulting into people agreeing with the reason suggested.
\n\u2022\tPeople feel relaxed after smoking.
\n\u2022\tPeople do not find it expensive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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