Impact of Smoking on Health: A Study on UK People

RESEARCH METHODS
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ABSTRACT
The major purpose to conduct the research is to identify the impact of smoking on the health
of the individual. In this research researcher will try to obtain their objective which are to
identify the health challenges faced by an individual due to smoking, to examine the reason why
people, start smoking, to analyse the measure to adopted by the smokers to quit smoking. In this
research researcher will be collecting primary data so that fresh information can be acquired. To
analyse the raw data SPSS tool has been used. Thus, the current investigation will help in
identifying the negative impact of smoking.
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INTRODUCTION
Overview of the topic
Smoking is a habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke. It is an action where individual
take the smoke of tobacco. The smoke is being inhale using cigarette, cigar or pipe. It is being
identify in various study that smoking has negative impact on the health of the person. There is
various problem that can be faced if a person smokes too much. Some of them are cancer, heart
disease, lungs problem, COPD and many more (Ellis, 2018). Even it is being analysed that
smoking crates breathing problem in an individual. Regular smoking addict the person which
affect their mental and physical health in large extent.
Research rational
The main rational behind conducting the above investigation is to gain detailed
understanding about the impact of smoking on the health band wealth of an individual. This
research will also highlight the major challenges and the reason of smoking. The current
investigation is also quite significant in attaining two objective which are personal and
professional. In respect to the personal objective this research will develop SPSS skill in me
which helps me in analysing the data. On the other hand, with respect to professional objective
the current research will build my professional career in the field of data analytics.
Research aim
To identify the impact of smoking on the health of an individual: “A study on UK people”.
Research objective
 To identify the health challenges faced by an individual due to smoking
 To examine the reason why people, start smoking
 To analyse the measure to adopted by the smokers to quit smoking
Research question
 What are the health challenges faced by an individual due to smoking?
 What are the reason why people start smoking?
 What are the measure to adopted by the smokers to quit smoking?
Research hypothesis:
Null hypothesis (H0): There is no impact of smoking on health of an individual.
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Alternative hypothesis (H1): There is an impact of smoking on health of an individual.
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