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 smokingrelated 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

PURPOSES and

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.