TITLE: CIGARETTE SMOKING

OBJECTIVES:
To be able to know what is cigarette smoking
To be able to know the numbers of cigarette smokers in the philippines
To be able to know how to lessen the numbers of cigarette smokers
To be able to know the possible solutions for cigarette smoking
To be able to know the alternative solutions for cigarette smoking

INTRODUCTION:
Cigarette smoking is one of the most common forms of recreational drug use.
Smoking is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke
breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream. Most commonly the
substance is the dried leaves of the tobacco plant which have been rolled into a
small square of rice paper to create a small, round cylinder called a
"cigarette".Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known
cancer-causing (carcinogenic) compounds and 400 other toxins. These
include nicotine,tar, and carbon monoxide, as well as formaldehyde, ammonia,
hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and DDT. Nicotine is highly addictive.

Related Studies:
The Philippines was the 15th largest consumer of tobacco in the world in 2002 and
currently has one of the highest smoking rates in Asia, as well as some of the
lowest cigarette prices The Philippines ranks second in number of smokers, and
has the highest number of female smokers in the 10-member Association of
Southeast Asian Nations. Many Filipinos die due to smoking-related diseases. On a
daily basis, 240 Filipinos die because of these smoking-related diseases such as
heart failure, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, peripheral vascular
disease and many cancers. This accounts for 87,600 deaths due to smoking-related
diseases in the country every year. Direct and indirect exposures to cigarette
smoking cause these diseases. In connection with these dangers of smoking, there
are increasing numbers of Filipino smokers and an alarming number of youth
smokers. The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (2007) estimates that there are 17% or
4 million Filipino youths with ages 13-15 years who are smoking. Of these early
starters, 2.8 million are boys and 1.2 million are girls.According to a 2009 survey
conducted under the auspices of the Philippines' Department of Health, Philippine
Statistics Authority, the World Health Organization, and the United States Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, 28.3 percent of the population are "current
tobacco smokers". This figure represents 17.3 million of 61.3 million adult Filipinos.

GRAPH OR CHART:

PROBLEM:
How to lessen the number of cigarette smokers in the Philippines?
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
 Enforce Republic Act No. 9211. AN ACT REGULATING THE PACKAGING, USE, SALE,
DISTRIBUTION AND ADVERTISEMENTS OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSESand publicize how offenders are penalized.

 Make anti-smoking warnings bigger, more colorful, and more visible. If

possible, place it in billboards and suggest that government sponsor
 advertisements of similar nature in television, radio, and print media. On the
other hand, ban cigarette advertisements! Also, ask advertising agencies to
modify marketing strategies and refrain from focusing on the youth sector.

 Make anti-smoking warnings appear on ALL sides of the cigarette

pack:front, back, top, bottom, and all side panels. This must be done
indefinitely and not on a limited time basis only.

 Refuse cigarette purchase among adolescents and penalize those stores who
commit this offense

ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS

 Make cigarettes very expensive. Consider this irony: the price of Marlboro in
the Philippines is the second lowest among all ASEAN nations, while the
prices of basic medicines are among the highest in Asia. What do you call
that? It is cheaper to get sick and more expensive to get healed?

 How can you make cigarettes very expensive? By increasing tobacco or

cigarette taxes. Legislators and the government should have a direct hand in
this. The most price-responsive are the lower-income groups and the youth.
By making cigarettes expensive, we can discourage them from smoking.

 Sponsor student field trips to hospital wards where patients with smoking-
related illnesses are confined to highlight the results of long-term smoking.

 Ban children and young people from openly selling cigarettes in the streets.

 Give incentives like discount coupons to smoke-free households. Smoking

drains nearly 20 percent of the household income of smokers' families.
RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUMMARY:

Cigarette smoking is one of the most common forms of recreational drug use.
Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known cancer-causing
(carcinogenic) compounds and 400 other toxins.Many Filipinos die due to smoking-
related diseases. On a daily basis, 240 Filipinos die because of these smoking-
related diseases such as heart failure, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease, peripheral vascular disease and many cancers. This accounts for 87,600
deaths due to smoking-related diseases in the country every year. Direct and
indirect exposures to cigarette smoking cause these diseases. The number of
cigarette smokers in the Philippines is very alarming, the more smokers the
number of deaths will be listed. The researcher recommend to at least lessen the
numbers of cigarette smokers in the phils, to also decrease the number of tobacco
related deaths.

CONCLUSION:
The researcher conclude that every year cigarette smokers are getting higher in
number or in population. The number of tobacco related deaths are also getting
higher.