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InvestigationonSmokingCognitiveStatusofCollegeStudents

InvestigationonSmoking&CognitiveStatusofCollegeStudents

Supervisor:

FangLing

Undergraduate:

Groupleader：

陈康达（20122639）

Members:

杨颖（20122658）

蔡凯磊（20122647）

周玥（20122540）

刘帅（20122650）

赵勇光（20122644）

Abstract

Tofindoutthesmokingandcognitivestatusofcollegestudents,theauthorsofthisessayhaverecentlyconductedasurveyconcerningthisissue.Furthermore,thispaperattemptstooffersomesignificantinformationontheharmofsmokingandwhatpracticalmeasuresshouldbetaken.Thissurvey,bymeansofdistributingquestionnaireonourcampus,hascometoaconclusionthatsomecollegestudentsareaddictedtosmokingandlargequantitiesofstudentsarenotawareoftheharmofsmokingthoroughly.Neverthelessmoststudentshaveaclearunderstandingofthereasonwhysmokingquittingandsmokingbancan’tbecarriedoutsmoothly.Moreover,largequantitiesofstudentsholdtheopinionthatweshouldtakepracticalmeasurestoquitsmokingandforbidsmokinginpublic.

Keywords:

smoking;cognitivestatusofcollegestudents;quitsmoking;smokingban

contents

1.Introduction4

2.Method4

3.ResultsandDiscussion5

3.1．Reasonswhypeoplesmoke5

3.2.Theharmofsmoking9

3.3.Thedifficultiesofquittingsmokingandforbiddingsmokinginpublicnow14

3.4.Waystoquitsmoking19

3.5.Measuresonsmokingban24

3.6.Theeffectofquittingsmoking&smokingban32

4.Conclusion36

AppendixQuestionnaire37

1.Introduction

Nowadays,alargegroupofcollegestudentsstarttosmoke,thoughtheyareconstantlytoldthatsmokingisharmfultotheirhealth.Manycountrieshaveputoutsmokingbaninpublic.InChina,collegestudentshavedifferentviewsonsmokingban.Ourmaingoalistoknowmoreaboutstudents’cognitionaboutsmokingandtheirattitudestowardsmokingban,meanwhile,ourgroupdidthissurveyinthehopeofarousingstudents’awarenessoftheharmofsmokingandhelpingthemtoquitsmoking.Wefirstlystudiedaboutthereasonwhypeoplesmokeandtheiropinionstowardsmokingculture.Thenweinvestigatedaboutstudents’levelofunderstandingoftheharmofsmoking,andnextwetriedtofindoutthereasonswhyithardtoforbidsmokinginpublicandwestudiedthewaystoquitsmokeandmeasuresonsmokingban.Finallyweinvestigatedaboutstudents’attitudetowardstheeffectofquittingsmoking&smokingban.Inthisessayacompactconclusionhasbeenmadeafterthestatisticsandthecorrespondinganalyseswereexamined.

2.Method

Tofindoutcollegestudents’cognitionaboutsmokingandattitudestowardsmokingban,wedesignedaquestionnaireconsistingofsixpartsrangingoverthereasonwhypeoplesmoke,theharmofsmoking,thedifficultiesofquittingsmokingandforbiddingsmokinginpublic,thewaystoquitsmoking,themeasuresonsmokingbanaswellastheeffectofquittingsmoking&smokingban.Wegaveout100questionnairesinthelibraryofChongqingUniversitytothestudentsofdifferentmajorsandgradesandgotallofthemback.Oftherespondents,80%werefreshmanand15%weresophomoreandotherstakeup5%.30%ofrespondentsaregirlsandothersareboys.Ouranalysesarebasedonthedatawehavecollected.

3.ResultsandDiscussion

3.1．Reasonswhypeoplesmoke

3.1.1ThehistoryoftobaccoinChina

Nowadays,youcanseemanypeoplesmokealmosteverywhereandeverytime.ThereisnodoubtthattobaccoindustrydevelopsverywellinChinaeventhoughitdidn’toriginatefromChina.MyfirstquestionisnotaimedtofigureouthowmanypeopleknowwhentobaccowasintroducedintoChina,buttoremindpeoplethatithasbeenalongtimesincetobaccowasintroducedintoChina.Therightanswertothisquestionis16to17century.However,inotherpeople’sopinionsitshouldbealittleearlier.So,whydoyousmoke?

It’snoteasytotell.JustlikeaskingwhyChineseeatriceandEnglisheatbreadwhentheyarehungry.Isupposeyouwon’tgetanyexactanswer.

3.1.2Reasonscontributingtosmokingindailylife.

Amongourrespondents98%agreethatfilmsandtelevisionworkshaveeffectsonteenagerswhoareaddictedtocigaretteand77%thinkthefilmsandtelevisionworkshaveagreatinfluence.Weallknowteenagers’abilityofselfcontrolisnotverystrongsotheyarealwayseasilyaffectedbythingsandpeoplearoundthem.Whentheyseetheiridolssmoking,theywilljustfollowtheiridols’stepsinsteadofconsideringwhethersmokingisharmfulornot.So,inmyopinion,lot’sofpeoplebecomesmokersbecauseoftheiridols.

3.1.3Attitudestowardsfriends’smoking

Itiseasytogivesmokingwhenyoustarttosmoke,ifyourfriendsandrelativesstopyou.Butinmostconditionstheywillnottakerealactionstopreventyoufromsmoking.Ascanbeseenformthequestion2,lessthanhalfoftherespondentsareagainstfriends’smokingandmostofthemchoosetheanswernevermind.

Whatwillhappenthen?

SmokersmaythinkwhyIshouldgiveupsmokingsincemyfriendsandrelativesthinkit’sok.What’sworseisthatotherswillstarttosmokebecausetheirfriendsorrelativesareaddictedtosmoking.SowhatIwanttosayisthattheattitudemostpeopletaketotheirfriendsandrelativesisalsoareasonwhypeoplesmoke.

3.1.4ViewsonCigarettesasgifts

Thelastquestionshowedusthatpeoplewon’tstoptheirfriendsandrelativesfromsmoking.Sowhenyouareworryaboutwhichpresenttochoose,cigaretteisoffcourseagoodchoice.

Insmokers’opinions,cigaretteisthemostwonderfulgiftintheworld,sotheywillchoosepresentslikeexpensivecigaretteorsomethingrelatedtotobacco.Offcoursetheywillnotrefusegiftslikethese.Butwhatwillanonsmokerdoifhegetpresentslikethese?

Maybehewillsendthesetohisfriendsorrelativeswhosmoke.Maybehewillwastethemandthrowthemaway.Theworstconditionisheusesthemhimself.Fromthechartwecanseethatonly15%neverchoosecigaretteasagift.Apersonmaynotlearntosmokeifthereisnocigarettearoundhim,however,whenthereisacigaretteinfrontofhim,hemaynotrefuse.

Aboveall,wecanmaketheinferencethatchoosingcigarettesasgiftsmakesmanypeoplechoosetosmoke.

3.1.5Summary

So,doyouknowwhypeoplesmoke?

Firstly,ithasbeenhundredsofyearssinceChinesestarttosmoke.Whetheryoubelieveornotsmokinghasbeenaculture.Smokingisonepartofpeople’sliveandcanbeseeneverywhere.Themostimportantofall,manyadults,especiallymaledonothatethisculture.

Besides,manyfactscontributedtosmoking.Usually,itisnotyoutodecidewhethersmokeornot.Youmaybeaddictedtosmokingbecauseofyouridols,agiftoryourfriendsandrelatives.

（By蔡凯磊）

3.2.Theharmofsmoking

ThroughthefirstpartwehavelearnedthatsmokinganditsculturehasalonghistoryinChina.Butnowadaysanincreasingnumberofstudentsseemtorealizethatsmokingharmstheirhealth,ofwhichcanbecaughtaglimpsefromthebeginningofmyquestionnaire.

3.2.1Awarenessoftheharmofsmoking

Howmuchdoyouknowabouttheharmofsmoking?

Thisquestiondealswithcollegestudents’self-assessmentabouttheirknowledgeoftheharmofsmoking.Accordingtomyfigures,ofthecollegestudents,halfofthemsaidtheyknewmuchaboutit,while35%ofthemdidn’tknowmuchandfewstudentsclaimedthattheyknewlittleorevennothing.Fromthisquestionwecanseethatmanystudentsthinkthattheyknowmuchabouttheharmofsmoking,butaretheyreallyknowalotastheythought?

Maybewecanfindtheanswerinfollowingquestions.

Doyouagreethatsmokingleadstocancer?

Whenitcomestothequestionthatwhethertheyagreethatsmokingleadstocancer,thosewhochosestronglyagreeoragreemakeup88%ofthewhole,andonlyseveralstudentsdisagreedthisopinion.Wecanunderstandthesefewstudents’choiceforthefactthattherearestillsomepeoplewhoareaddictedtosmokingbutneverhaveacancer.Facedwiththesefacts,wemustclearourmindbasedonscientificfigures.

So,thenextquestioninvolvesthescientificfigures.Whenaskedabouthowmanytimeshighertheythinksmokershavethepossibilitytolungcancerthannon-smokers,studentsgaveusasurprisinganswerthatonlythreestudentschose20~25times（therightanswer）andmoststudentsjustdon’tknowabouttherate,sotheychosetheanswer”Idon’tknow”.Itmirrorsthatnowadaysstudentsdoknowthatsmokingisharmful,butasforhowspecifictheharmis,theydonothaveaclearsense.Maybethisisareasonwhytodaymoreandmorestudentssmokeorintendtosmokewithoutknowingthatitruinstheirhealthdeeply.Ifthosestudentsreallyknowtheharmofsmokingandhowdeepthedegreeis,Ithinktheywillsaynotothecigarette.

3.2.2Theharmofsecond-handsmoking

Doyouagreethatsecond-handsmokingisharmful?

Anotherquestionisdevotedtofindingoutstudents’cognitionofsecond-handsmoking.Thenumberswegotshowthatamongthecollegestudentswepolled,83%ofthemagreedthatsecond-handsmokingisextremelyharmful.Onlyeightstudentsdisagreedandninestudentssaidtheydidn’tknow.Wecanseethatstudentswhoagreeittakegreatmajority.Maybeitshouldthanktothepropagandaofourgovernmentandthemultiplemedia.Wecaneasilyseemanyarticlesonnewspaperorvideosontelevisiontellingusabouthowharmfulthesmokingandsecond-handsmokingare,whichcontributetotheawarenessofstudents.Knowingaboutthis,wewon’tbesurprisedtofindthesimilardatainthenextquestion,thequestionwhichhasacloserelationshipwiththequestionabove.

3.2.3Opinionsonsmokinginpublic

Howdoyouthinkofsmokinginpublic?