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Report on Smoking for Young People

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Report on Smoking for Young People

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Smoking for Young People
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Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................11. Overview of the topic..............................................................................................................12. Aims and objectives of the research........................................................................................13. Literature review.....................................................................................................................14. Research methodology............................................................................................................24.4 Accessibility issues...............................................................................................................35. Ethical issues...........................................................................................................................36. Time management plan...........................................................................................................4CHAPTER-2: LITERATURE REVIEW.........................................................................................52.1 Introduction...........................................................................................................................52.2 Literature review...................................................................................................................5CHAPTER-3: Research MEHODOLOGY......................................................................................93.1 Research methodology, methods and techniques..................................................................93.2 Sampling...............................................................................................................................93.3 Data collection......................................................................................................................93.4 Ethical consideration...........................................................................................................10Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Interpretation ..................................................................................11Chapter 5 Conclusion and Recommendations...............................................................................18REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................20
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Overview of the topicSmoking consists of inhalation and exhalation of fumes through burning tobacco in cigarsand cigarettes. In the present scenario, there is increasing trend towards smoking for youngpeople. Among smokers, the percentage of youngsters is high who are habitual to smoke ascompared to the other age group (McAloney and et.al., 2014.). It is bad habit which negativelyimpacts the health of an organization. It is taken as a research issue because smoking is one ofthe main causes behind increasing percentage of health and lungs diseases. Besides this, smokingcauses most of the health diseases.2. Aims and objectives of the researchAim of the research is to identify the trend of smoking among young people and itsimpact on human health. Objectives of the research are enumerated below:To evaluate the trend of smoking in young people in the present scenario.To assess the impact of smoking upon the health and lung diseases. To identify the ways through which smoking habit can be eliminated among adults.3. Literature reviewLiterature review consists of evaluating secondary data sources such as books andjournals which provides in depth knowledge to the researcher about the topic. Through this,researcher is able to understand the research topic to the large extent. Trend for smoking of young peopleAccording to the view point of McAloney and et.al. (2014) there is increasing trend ofsmoking among the young people. Individual who first tie tries cigars or cigarettes becomehabitual.. This aspect clearly states that smoking consumption is continuously increasing.However, it is to be critically evaluated by the Eastwood and et.al. (2015) that it is not only thethe cause behind the increasing trend in the consumption of cigar and cigarettes. They claimedthat in the present era, people adopt smoking habit as they consider it as status symbol. It is alsothe main reason due to which youngsters or adults prefer to smoke to the large extent.Impact of smoking upon the health and lung diseasesIn accordance with the view point of Gall and et.al. (2014) smoking negatively impact thehealth aspects of adults. Smoking is one of the main causes behind the brain, heart and lung1
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diseases. Cigarette smoking closely affects every organ of the body. It is the main cause behindincreasing death ratio every year. As per the view point of Chhaya and et.al. (2015) smoking isalso one of the main cause behind the lung cancer which may further lead to death of theindividual. However, it is to be critically evaluated by Jha and Peto (2014) that cigarettessmoking is not the the cause behind the lung cancer. Use of alcohol and other products whichcontains tobacco are the cause of rising health diseases among the youngsters. In addition to this,youngsters who are used to smoke are suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. Itis also the main reason behind the increasing percentage of death among the youngsters.Identification of the ways through which smoking habit can be eliminated As per the view point of Eastwood and et.al. (2015) by organizing the campaign healthunits can develop the awareness among the chain smokers in relation to the bad effects of it.Health unit can reduce this habit among the youngsters or adults by communication the diseasesand their impact upon the human health. It is contradict by Gall and et.al. (2014) that campaign isnot only sufficient in order to eliminate the smoking habit among the adults. There are severalreasons due to which adults are addicted to drug related products. For instance: Stress is one ofthe reason due to which individual take resort of drug related products such as smoking. Thus,individual can convert his bad habit into good by identifying the other ways to cope up with thestress related issues. In addition to this, substitute product is also the way through which smokinghabit can be eliminated among the adults. 4. Research methodologyResearch methodology refers to the ways and techniques which researcher will undertakein order to carry out the research in an effective manner (Carson and et.al., 2014).4.1 Types of investigationIn order to accomplish the research in the right direction, researcher is required identifythe types of the research which they require to undertake. Researcher needs to identify nature ofthe research because it closely affects data collection methods and its analysis (Kremers andÇakir, 2014). In research, there are mainly two types of research such as qualitative andquantitative. For the present study, researcher will undertake qualitative research in order toassess the impact of smoking upon the health and lung diseases of youngsters.4.2 Methods of data collection2
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Research findings and solutions are highly dependent upon data collection methodswhich are undertaken by the researcher. There are mainly two types of data such as primary andsecondary data which researcher can use for identifying the appropriate solution for the problem(Rhodes and et.al., 2014). For the present study, researcher gathers primary data through surveytechnique. Research will conduct survey by preparing the questionnaire which contains bothclose and open ended questions. In addition to this, researcher will undertake secondary sourcessuch as books, journals and articles which are published by the government. These sources ofdata collection will provide assistance to the researcher in assessing impact of smoking upon thehealth aspects of the young people. 4.3 Sampling methodsSample is the part of the population which researcher selects by undertaking varioussampling techniques (Letourneau, 2015). For this study, researcher undertakes purposivesampling technique which helps him in fulfilling purpose of the research. For the present study,researcher has selected 30 health and social care practitioners who deals with the health problemswhich are faced by young people. 4.4 Accessibility issuesResearcher will face difficulty in gathering appropriate information from the secondarysources of data collection. In addition to this, researcher will also face problem in collectingprimary data through survey due to the lack of interest of respondents.4.5 Data analysis planAnalysis of data is must to find out appropriate solution for the problem. For this study,researcher undertakes qualitative research so researcher will undertake thematic perception testin order to assess the impact of smoking upon health aspect of young or adults. 4.6 Limitation of the researchTo find out the solution of the problem, researcher gathers data only from 30 people. It isone of the main limitations of research study which contains views of limited respondents.5. Ethical issuesResearcher will also follow the ethical aspects by maintaining confidentiality of therespondents. In addition to this, researcher does not exert any kind of force upon the respondentsin order to filling questionnaire. 3
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6. Time management planResearcher also makes schedule contains the activities which researcher needs toundertake in order to accomplish the research study. Beside this, it also includes the durationwhich clearly states the time which researcher will to complete the research study.Sr. No.ActivitiesList of activitiesWeeksPreceding activities1ASupervisor discussion 12BPreparation of proposal1A 3CSubmission of the proposal 2B4DAcknowledgement by supervisor 1C5ELiterature review5D6FData collection 4D7GAnalysis of data5E,F8HInterpretation of outcomes 3G9IPreparation of project report 4E,H10JConducting review 3I11KFinalization of the project1J12LSubmission of project 1KGantt chart:4
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