Problem Analysis Report: Adolescent Smoking and Its Impact

This report provides a comprehensive problem analysis of adolescent smoking, addressing the assignment brief's questions. It defines the nature of the condition as a significant, avoidable cause of death, particularly concerning adolescents. Key terms such as smoking, ADHD, and intervention are defined. The report examines the characteristics of the affected population, including gender and age distribution, and discusses the scale of the problem. It identifies social values threatened by smoking and explores its causes, including peer influence, emotional factors, and marketing efforts. Ethnic and gender considerations are also addressed. The analysis incorporates research on smoking's connection to psychiatric disorders and the impact of the tobacco industry. The report concludes by emphasizing the need for intervention programs and parental involvement to combat adolescent smoking, highlighting the link between smoking habits and emotional problems among young people. The report is based on a survey of adolescents in Canada, with a focus on the psychological reasons and factors that lead to smoking, and offers recommendations for developing effective anti-smoking strategies.

Running head: PROBLEM ANALYSIS 1
Program, design and Evaluation
STUDENT DETAILS:
8/12/2019

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Table of Contents
What is the nature of situation or condition.................................................................................................3
How are key term being defined?................................................................................................................3
What are the characteristics of the population experiencing the condition?..............................................3
What is the scale and distribution of the condition?...................................................................................3
What social values are being threatened by the existence of the condition?.............................................4
How widely this condition recognized?.......................................................................................................5
Who defines the condition as a problem?...................................................................................................5
What is causes of this problem?..................................................................................................................6
Are there ethnic or gender consideration?.................................................................................................6
References...................................................................................................................................................8

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What is the nature of situation or condition
The smoking is a single most significant avoidable reason of the death. The adolescent is
the dangerous period in a creation of a habit of smoking. The problem of smoking is still
increasing amongst the teenagers internationally. The smoking’s habit is actual drug addiction.
This problem is common everywhere in the world.
How are key term being defined?
The smoking is the main cause of premature death. The most of young smokers start to
smoke prior to eighteen years. The methodical study of the psychosocial framework in that
teenager smoking seems is the necessary procedure in establishing the well-framed smoking
avoidance intervention. In this study, various key terms have been defined after research such as
smoking, ADHD, abuse, adolescent, youth, higher-risk youth, and treatment method, smoking
cessation treatment, intervention, peer connections and outcome (Treur, et. al, 2015).
What are the characteristics of the population experiencing the
condition?
The total three thousand eighty one young people took participation in a survey out of that,
74.21% was men and 25.74% was women. Amongst the study population, 26.50% were of
10th standard, and 26.77% were of 11th standard, 46.77% were in 12th standard.
What is the scale and distribution of the condition?

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Majority of the young people took up smoking due to the mood fluctuation or numerous
emotional feelings as well as the statistical important difference as seen amongst the nonsmokers
as well as non-smokers (Wills, et. al, 2016a). The adolescents agreed with a statement that they
will like to smoke at the time of study that helps them to make focus more.
What social values are being threatened by the existence of the
condition?
The socialization was the other cause because of that the young people would take up
smoking as well as there was the statistical differences between non-smokers and smokers
(P<0.05). The survey is the unspecified collection of opinions with no questions directly
included concerning the use of tobacco or cigarette. The data were gathered by the
questionnaires provided to the young people. The enough time was provided to the students for
filling the questionnaires. Further, they were gathered back on similar day. The data covering the
main facets were related to the emotional problems, individual perception, attentiveness, and
personality influences, as well as socializing functions.
The effect of smoking on health is related to the happening of sensitive disorder as well
as continual disorder (Bask, 2015). Smoking may have effects on almost all the systems in body,
as well as in various matters, the disorder is permanent. The adolescent is a significant stage in
which they start adapting themselves to new lifestyle. Mostly, the mokers began smoking at their
teen age or early teen age. In this study, it is found that the curiosity is one of main reasons for
commencement of the smoking (Wills, et. al, 2016a).

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How widely this condition recognized?
In addition, various epidemiological studies have evaluated the connection of smoking
with psychiatric disorder in teenage years. Perform disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) as well as clinical level of violence have constantly associated with the usual
smoking of the teenagers. This is common that various people start the smoking in their young
age and become long-run addicted to the nicotine. There are numerous determinants of use of
tobacco amongst the young people. It includes cultural as well as spiritual standards,
accessibility of various kinds of tobacco materials, tobacco control methods as well as
approaches, and maybe most significantly, tobacco sector action to encourage them to use
tobacco, and weaken approaches to control tobacco. Additionally, the marketing,
encouragement, as well as marketing efforts of the tobacco sector affect the smoking behaviors
of teenagers, often to the great level than it affects the adult’s actions. Between the age of
fourteen to seventeen years, the people are most likely to get influenced to the habit of smoking
and become the addict for rest of life. It is an age in which inspiration is at the greatest extent,
and young people are more cognizant of the individuality, styles, as well as creating the role
models (McCabe, et. al, 2017).
Who defines the condition as a problem?
At present, the outcomes of study confirm that smoking is the possible risk element for
the health, causing increased humanity that can be prohibited. This study attempted to evaluate
the connection between the smoking status of adolescents and the emotional problems or actions

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related problem after regulating for various confounders (such as sexual category, age, smoking
status of parents, revelation to the family smoking, socioeconomic background of family and
free time of teenagers). In the following parts, the reason of smoking has been assessed to know
why the adolescents do smoking that will be useful in designing best antismoking program.
What is causes of this problem?
The smoking is the main cause of premature death. The most of young smokers start to
smoke prior to eighteen years. The methodical study of the psychosocial framework in that
teenager smoking seems is the necessary procedure in establishing the well-framed smoking
avoidance intervention. In this study, various key terms have been defined after research such as
smoking, ADHD, abuse, adolescent, youth, higher-risk youth, and treatment method, smoking
cessation treatment, intervention, peer connections and outcome (Treur, et. al, 2015).
Are there ethnic or gender consideration?
The explanatory cross-sectional epidemiological survey was made on three hundred
eighty four young people amongst adolescents of age fourteen to seventeen years in three
different regions of Canada over the period of two months from July 1, 2019 to August 31, 2019.
The lists of twenty five high schools as well as thirteen intermediate colleges in Canada were
attained and utilizing random lottery method, five high schools as well as five intermediate
colleges were chosen. The sample of three hundred eighty four young people was attained on the
basis of occurrence of smoking amongst the adolescents.

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This study explored numerous reasons for smoking like psychological reason, personality
impacts, inspiration, weight awareness, as well as ending hunger (Castren, et. al, 2015). The
coordinated effort of private entities and public, with a help of health experts, can make
contribution really to enhance the alertness of the danger and to combating an issue. In addition,
the measures are needed from parents along with guardian to take care of the issues. The
intervention programs are also suggested to motivate the behavior modifications of the
adolescents (Calado, Alexandre & Griffiths, 2017).
As per the above analysis, it can be concluded that there is connection between habit of
smoking and emotional problem amongst young people. Stating the requirements of teenagers in
relation to the emotional health can be useful in establishment of the efficient anti-smoking
approaches in the atmosphere of school as well as somewhere else.
The data were compiled as well as assessed for the wholeness. Various statistical
Packages for Social Science (SPSS - version 20.0), (IBM Corp. Released 2011; IBM SPSS
Statistics for Windows, Version 20.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp) were utilized for investigation.
Additionally, the mean standard deviation was utilized for defining the demographic particulars
of study population as well as percentage was utilized for the explanatory statistics.

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References
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Calado, F., Alexandre, J., & Griffiths, M. D. (2017). Prevalence of adolescent problem
gambling: A systematic review of recent research. Journal of Gambling Studies, 33(2),
397-424
Castrén, S., Grainger, M., Lahti, T., Alho, H., & Salonen, A. H. (2015). At-risk and problem
gambling among adolescents: a convenience sample of first-year junior high school
students in Finland. Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 10(1), 9
McCabe, S. E., West, B. T., Veliz, P., & Boyd, C. J. (2017). E-cigarette use, cigarette smoking,
dual use, and problem behaviors among US adolescents: results from a national
survey. Journal of Adolescent Health, 61(2), 155-162
Treur, J. L., Willemsen, G., Bartels, M., Geels, L. M., van Beek, J. H., Huppertz, C., & Vink, J.
M. (2015). Smoking during adolescence as a risk factor for attention
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Wills, T. A., Gibbons, F. X., Sargent, J. D., & Schweitzer, R. J. (2016). How is the effect of
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Wills, T. A., Simons, J. S., Sussman, S., & Knight, R. (2016). Emotional self-control and
dysregulation: A dual-process analysis of pathways to externalizing/internalizing

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