Youth Smoking Research Proposal

This research proposal investigates the issue of youth smoking, aiming to analyze its prevalence, contributing factors, and possible interventions. The study will employ both primary and secondary data sources, involving data analysis, writing up findings, and culminating in conclusions and recommendations. A 10-week timeline is proposed, with each phase meticulously planned to ensure efficient resource utilization.

Research Project

Abstract
This research is about the impact of the smoking on the youth of the age group of 11
to 16 years in the United Kingdom. This research will help to find out about the factor that
leads to initiative of smoking by the youth as well as the implication of health condition of
the youth by continuing the practices of smoking in their life also the impact of the
government policies in relation to prevention of smoking by the youth of the United
Kingdom. All the research is conducted by the way of secondary resources that are extracted
from the literature, journals and all other sources that are required for the completion of this
research. Apart from that there is also the recommendation of how the problems of smoking
be diminished from the life of the youth in the country.

Acknowledgement
I hereby acknowledge that I have completed this research with integrity and honesty. I would
like to thank my parents as without their support this report would not have been completed.
Apart from that I also like to thank my professor as due their determination and guidance I
was able to accomplish my goal of completing this research on time and without any
complication in it.

Contents
Abstract............................................................................................................................................2
Acknowledgement...........................................................................................................................3
Research proposal............................................................................................................................5
Research report..............................................................................................................................11
Chapter 1- Introduction..............................................................................................................11
Chapter 2- Literature review......................................................................................................18
Chapter 3 Analysis of the information.......................................................................................21
Chapter 4 Recommendation and conclusion.............................................................................25
Reflection...................................................................................................................................28
References......................................................................................................................................30

Research proposal
Title
Impact of smoking among young people aged 11-16 in United Kingdom.
Introduction
This research will be conducted to study and analyze the impact of smoking among young
people aged 11-16 in the United Kingdom. The research will help to study how the impact of
smoking affects health of the young people. Young people are often attracted to these sources
that may cause effective problem to their health so by this research the impact and its causes
on the health of youth is analyzed in the detail format. The key areas will be taken from the
literatures and other secondary sources that affect life of the young aged people to the great
extent.
Problem statement
It can be stated that over the past few years, smoking among people in youngster has
increased significantly. Furthermore, the present research will be focusing on identification of
the key impact which smoking has on youngster which lies in age group of 11-16.
Rationale or background of the study
Smoking has emerged as a basic problem in relation to the bad health condition
among the youth that causes serious problems such as lung cancer and many other health
issues that affect their lifein an effective way. There are many reasons that constitute the
purpose of this research as many youth suffer peer pressure that leads to the initiation of this
research. Apart from that many teenagers think that by smoking they can showcase their
independence and personal freedom. So by this research, the impact of the smoking among
the youth can be analyzed in an effective way as well as many studies are conducted in
relation to the cause and the result of smoking among the youth that can be read and analyzed
in an effective manner. In this research, the best way to conduct itis by the secondary sources
that would help in proper understanding of the research that can help in effective study of the
research topic. By this secondary research there can be proper analysis of the external
environment as well, as will provide the information on time and without any extra effort and
time (Miskovic et.al, 2011).

Aims of this research
The aim of this research is to explore the impact of smoking among young people age 11-16
Objectives of this research
The present research will be focusing upon attaining some research objectives which are
mentioned below as:
 To explore the factors which encourages young people to smoke
 To consider the prevalence of smoking among young people
 To recommended key strategies which can be used to stop young people within age
group 11-16 to stop smoking
Research questions
In this research, there are many questions that required proper answer so that research that
has been initiated can become successful (Connelly, 2015). The research questions are-
Question 1- Are government taking initiative that can become effective in the research?
Answer- Many initiatives are taken by the government to spread the awareness of the ill
effects of smoking among the people especially the youth which lies between the age group
of 11- 16. Many rules and regulations are formulated in relation to prevent smoking by the
youth of the country. UK government has also launched many programs in relation to the
spreading awareness of smoking among the youth so that they can boycott this type of
practices.
Question2- What are the factors that causes the smoking among the youth?
Answer- There are many factors that causes the smoking among the youth like peer pressure,
feeling of freedom associated with the smoking and also in many families parents of the kids
also smoke that also create there inclination towards the smoking (Walker et.al, 2016).
Question 3- What are the ill effects on the health by smoking?
Answer- There is many ill-effects from the smoking like lung cancer, weakening of the
immune system and many infections in the respiratory system of the youth. Apart from that
growth of the human body become abnormal in many aspects.

Question 4- Has government launched various schemes to prevent smoking among youths?
Answer- Government has launch various schemes in relation to prevent the youth of the
country to stop smoking as it would affect their health and youth are the future of the country
so it become important that government spread awareness in relation to it.
Question 5- Is peering pressure an important factor in relation to the indulgence of youth in
smoking?
Answer- Peer pressure works as an important factor in relation to the involvement of youth
in smoking as friend influences become important aspects in the youth and there indulgence
in peer pressure works as an important aspect for its inclination in the smoking activities
(Campitelli, 2015).
Question 6- Does rules made by the government are followed by the youth?
Answer- Government has made rules and regulations but they are not strictly followed as
there is great indulgence of youth in smoking which states that many wrong means are used
by people to break the rules as well as law.
Hypotheses- In relation to research, the hypotheses in this context is as follows-
H0- Impact of smoking causes a negative impact on the health of youth people in United
Kingdom.
H1- Impact of smoking does not cause negative impact on the health of the youth in United
Kingdom (Doody & Bailey, 2016).
Literature strategy
Research shall be done by the proper exclusion and inclusion of certain information from the
literature sources like only data after the year 2010 will be considered for this particular
research and other data that are before the year of 2010 shall be excluded. Apart from that
only key factors will be taken into account for the conduction of this research (Fang et.al,
2014).
Inclusion and exclusion criteria

For the purpose of carrying out the present research the scholar will be making use of
inclusion and exclusion criteria. The keywords which will be used for conduction the
research will include smoking, children in age 11-16 years and the impact of smoking. On the
other side of this, exclusion criteria will include disadvantages of smoking and measures
taken by parents. It can be expressed that the work and research of other scholar on smoking
and its impact will be taken into consideration for the present study. Furthermore, search
engines such as Google and Bing will be taken into consideration.
Literature review
According to Bob- Ume (2010) says the youth inhaled the toxic in cigarette which reaches
the brain within 10 minutes and this could affect their health in an effective manner. Nicotine
that is inhaled causes a huge damage to many parts of the body, like it hampers the growth of
cells that leads to the improper growth in the human body. There are many other ill effects of
smoking like the functioning of the immune system, when effected and it becomes a problem
that affects its working in a proper manner also there is increase in the improper functioning
as well as risk associated with the infections in the respiratory system. Peer pressure is also
another factor that leads to the smoking among the youth as they considered smoking as cool
factor which would help them to increase their reputation among the peer group.
There are many laws which are enforced by the government to prevent smoking among the
youth as they are the future of the country and if they are involved in the ill practices then
country’s growth would be hamper (Bob‐Ume, 2010).
Factors motivating young people to smoke
As per the view of…… family smoking and peer pressure can be termed as some of
the factors which encourages or motivates youngster within 11-16 years of age to start
smoking. It can be stated that children or youngster which lies in this age group are influence
by behavior of their parents to a great extent. when children grow up by seeing their parents
smoking, they also gets motivated to smoke. Another important factor which encourages
people within age 11-16 years to smoke is the media and advertisement which has great
influence on overall behavior of people. Children often start smoking when they see their
favorite actor or actress smoking on television. On the other side of this, has crucially argued
that youngsters are required to understand the fact that smoking at this age can directly results

in causing several kinds of respiratory problems. Along with this, smoking also result6s in
increasing the chances of strokes and different types of heart diseases.
Ethical consideration
The research will be conducted by following all the ethical aspects that are required for the
better completion of the research. The research will be done by using the internet sources and
journals and these sources will be taken by the permissions as and where required. All the
unfair means for extracting the information in relation to the research will be avoided and the
data owned by the person will be acknowledged (Ellis-Barton, 2016). All the rules and
regulation in the conduction of the research will be taken into account and best practice will
be put to use to accomplish the task. The information that will be extracted is not falsified or
manipulated to any extent as no collusion in those aspects is also avoided. During this
research no persons are targeted or malcify for the completion of the task. Research will be
conducted with integrity and honesty as well as social responsibility will also be considered.
This research topic is about the impact of the smoking on the youth, so by this research the ill
effects of the smoking will be accomplished, and this would ultimately help the youth as they
would be able to concentrate on their health condition and avoid all these practices that may
hamper their mental and physical growth and the ethical conduct in relation to it would also
help to perform the research ethically (Ketefian, 2015).
It can be expressed that the data collected with the help of different sources will be
secured in the best possible manner and then it will be destroyed after making its use. Along
with this, proper referencing will be done of the work which is used in the research and which
has been carried out by another person. The scholar will also make sure that no other party
will be making use of the data collected and findings of present research.
Action plan (project outline)
The research will be conducted by planning all the steps in the completion of this research.
The research will be conducted in the following manner-
S. No Particulars Description Start date End date Duration
1 Chapter 1 It includes 25th 1st March 3

Introduction,
background
aims &
objectives.
February
2017 2017
2 Chapter 2 It includes all
the literature
review required
for the purpose
of the effective
research
accomplishment
.
2nd March
2017
8th March
2017
8
3 Chapter 3 Application of
the aspects that
will be required
In the
completion of
this research.
Here all the
research
methodology
will be
described in an
effective
manner.
10th March
2017
15th March
2017
5
4 Chapter 4 It includes the
recommendation
17 March 23 March 6

that is extracted
from this
research as well
conclusion of
the overall result
of the research
as well as
reflection of the
research.
2017 2017
Gantt chart
Activities 1st
Week
2nd
Week
3rd
Week
4th
Week
5th
Week
6th
Week
7th
Week
8th
Week
9th
week
10th
Week
Formation of
the research
proposal
Defining the
objectives
and aim
Developing
research
questions
Identifying
and selecting
method of
data
collection
Literature
review
Defining
Research
Methodology
Collecting
secondary
data
Data
analysis

Writing up
the findings
of study
Conclusion
and
recommendat
ions
It is estimated that the research shall be accomplished within 10 weeks and all the task
that are mentioned shall be completed within the stipulated time period. The research shall be
made by following the entire task in an effective and efficient manner. All the chapters are
completed within the time/period as stipulated in the Gantt chart then there will be avoidance
of the wastage of resources like time, cost and many other resources in relation to its
completion (Wren, 2015).