Smoking

OKINGThe effect of smoking on third year Liberal Arts students in the University of Immaculate Conception

Bob Jayson A Labiao

Jonathan G. Endonela

Introduction

Now a day’s smoking is addictive and rampant in our society. According to the better health channel (2014) nicotine is the addictive drug in tobacco smoke that causes smokers to continue to smoke, in which addicted smokers need enough nicotine over a day to feel normal or to satisfy their cravings or control their mood.

Dr. Domilyn Villareiz, chief of the Anti-Smoking Task Force, said the anniversary will be celebrated on May 30, which falls on a Friday, She also noted that from January to December last year, a total of 3,883 persons were apprehended by authorities for violating the anti-smoking ordinance (Lopez, 2014), Despite of the City Ordinance toward smoking there are still students who are under influence of cigarette smoking.

CONSEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Behavioural theories

Behavioural theories focus on how people learn to behave in particular ways. Behaviourists believe people learn to behave through mechanisms such as conditioning and positive and negative reinforcement. They respond to stimuli in their environment and establish an association or linkage between two events. In the context of smoking, a person learns to associate smoking with other feelings and events (e.g. being in a stressful situation or having a coffee) and these continue to 'cue' their smoking behaviour. Behavioural modification approaches to smoking cessation are underpinned by these theories. In addition to highlighting the negative consequences of smoking, behavioural approaches to cessation focus on educating the individual smoker to extinguish learned responses, to reward themselves for abstinence and to draw greater attention to the immediate and benefits of quitting. Most studies of behavioural interventions for smoking cessation report moderate success in quitting at six months.

This theory...