Report On

TO EVALUATE THE REASONS AND CONSEQUENCES OF SMOKING AMOUNG YOUNG GENERATION OF ESTERN UNIVERSITY

To evaluate the reasons and consequences of smoking among young generation of Eastern University

Business Communication (BUS-210) Submitted to: Tarana Majid Senior Lecturer Faculty of Business Administration Eastern University

Submitted By:

Ziaul Haque Munim Afifa Sumaya Rossy Abdul Hafiz Porosh Sajjad Mahmud S.M . Rana

073200030 073200085 073200076 073200020 073200082

Group: 01

Date of Submission: 20 May 2009

Acknowledgement
In preparing this report, we are ever grateful to our course instructor, for her encouragement, guidance and giving us the strength and knowledge to successfully carrying out this report. Also thanks the different people who have extended their helpful hand to us, either it would be never possible to prepare this report without their information. We also like to thank our group members.

20 May 2009 Tarana Majid Senior Lecturer Faculty of Business Administration Eastern University Subject: Letter of Transmittal. Dear Madam We write this letter to inform you that we have prepared report on To evaluate the reasons and consequences of smoking among young generation of Eastern University. The report consists of the survey result of 20 consumers about Smoking. We tried to gather a collection of information to make our report specific and coherent. Through the procedure of preparing the report, we developed a clear understanding on the technique of preparing a formal. We tried our best to make the report as reflective as possible. Assertively, the report will meet the expectation. We appreciate to provide any information or clarification if necessary. Sincerely, Ziaul Haque Munim . Sajjad Mahmud . S. M. Rana

.. Afifa Sumaya Rossy

Abdul Hafiz Porosh

Table of Contents

Topic
1. 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION

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2.1. Purpose of the Report 2.2. Scope of the Study 2.3. Methodology 2.4. Limitations 2.5. Definition or acronyms 3. Smoking among young generation, Reasons and

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Consequences 4. CONCLUSION and Recommendation 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY

Executive Summery

Smoking is a practice where a substance, most commonly tobacco, is burned and the smoke tasted or inhaled. Everybody should know that smoking is harmful and can also lead to death. There are many effects from smoking. Long term effects include: Lung cancer, emphasema, heart disease, and ulcers. Short term effects include: coughing, shortness of breath, and premature signs of aging such as wrinkles. Those facts are not surprising, because when you smoke, you are inhaling over 2,000 known cancer-causing chemicals. Lung cancer is presently the number one killer in both men and women, and it is estimated that by the year 2000, approximatly over 2000 people will die from lung cancer in the Bangladesh. These are a few facts that will have you thinking about the effects of smoking.

To evaluate the reasons and consequences of smoking among young generation of Eastern University
Introduction:

Smoking has become a common habit among the young generation of Bangladesh. Its harmful for the health and everyone knows that even the smokers but they do smoke. Some smoke for curiosity, some for style and think that smoking can decrease depress, some get inspired to smoke by their friends. Smoking can cause many diseases such as blood cancer, lunch cancer, brain cancer. It can cause problems while taking breath. Above all people should not smoke. 1.1.Origin of the report: This report is orally authorized by our course instructor of Business Communication Ms. Tarana Majid in the Spring semester 2009. This report is completed by Ziaul Haque Munim and by all his group members. 1.2.Scope of the report: The study covers mainly the Reasons and Consequences of Smoking among young generation who are mainly students of Eastern University which will cover the age between 19 to 27 and within the geographical area of Eastern University campus, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1.3.Limitation: While writing this business paper we faced a lot of limitations, problems and barriers. Lack of confidential information. The young generation doesnt want to disclose the fact regarding their smoking. Another problem that we faced was we had no such experience on doing a business paper on such an issue like Smoking. 1.4.Sources and methodology: The report is based on the chosen topics by our course instructor of Business communication. We collect information through questionnaire from 20 people. After collecting essential information we transferred it in MS-word. For the secondary data took the help of Internet, websites, books. This study investigated smoking behavior and attitudes among a groups of male teenagers: the first consisted of 20 students, ages 1927 years, selected from Eastern University. Data were collected largely by interview supplemented by some direct observation and relevant secondary data. 1.5.Definition or acronyms: Emphysema:

A pathological condition of the lungs marked by an abnormal increase in the size of the air spaces, resulting in labored breathing and an increased

susceptibility to infection. It can be caused by irreversible expansion of the alveoli or by the destruction of alveolar walls. An abnormal distention of body tissues caused by retention of air Asthma: A chronic respiratory disease, often arising from allergies, that is characterized by sudden recurring attacks of labored breathing, chest constriction, and coughing. Epidemic: Spreading rapidly and extensively by infection and affecting many individuals in an area or a population at the same time. Widely prevalent

Evaluating the reasons and consequences of smoking among young generation of Eastern University:
Smoking is a practice where a substance, most commonly tobacco, is burned and the smoke tasted or inhaled. This is primarily done as a form of recreational drug use, as

combustion releases the active substances in drugs such as nicotine . It can also be done as a part of rituals, to induce trances and spiritual enlightenment. The most common method of smoking today is through cigarettes. Smoking is one of the most common forms of recreational drug use. The history of smoking can be dated to as early as 5000 BC, and has been recorded in many different cultures across the world as if in Bangladesh. This report is made to evaluate the reasons and consequences of smoking among young generation of Eastern University, Bangladesh. Most of the people who smoke are students and their age is between 19 to 27. Among these some of the students are part-time job holder. Their monthly disposable income is around 4000 taka. The students those who have no disposable income they have an autonomous consumption expenditure which do not vary with income. From our sample size most of the students who do not have disposable income have a autonomous expenditure of around 3000taka . Maximum students are single according to their marital status. One of the most important subject of this report is, what was the age of the smoker students when they started to smoke. Most of the students started to smoke from the age of 14 or 15. A few of the students started to smoke from the age of 11 or 12 which are exceptions. Most of the students smoke for their mental refreshment. Most of the cases, there are some factors which influence students to smoke such as curiousness, friends inspiration, mental pressure, family problems, dumped in love, frustration, loneliness, bad results in exams and many more. The students who smoke also face some problem because of smoking like time to time fever, headache, breathing problem, close to lung cancer, increasing cough and above all destroying health. Most of the smoker students smoke 11 to 15 cigarettes in a day which costs 1500taka in a month. Some smokes 7 to 10 cigarettes in a day which costs 1000 taka per month and some smoke above 25 cigarettes in a day which costs around 3500 taka. 95 percent smokers of our sample size smokes Benson & Hedges, 4 percent smokes Gold Leaf and 1 percent of the smokers smoke other brand cigarettes. Almost all the students know that smoking is harmful for health. After knowing this also they smoke because they just badly got addicted to smoking, they just cannot leave it, they feel that smoking lessens their depression or mental pressure. They just cannot stay without smoking. Some of the students have tried to leave smoking. Around 65 percent did not yet tried to leave smoking. From those who have tried to leave smoking, 100 percent that means almost all of them are unsuccessful to leave smoking. Some of the smokers who tried to leave smoking kept smoking stop for maximum 10 days. They just cannot leave smoking because, if they do not smoke they have to suffer headache or they cannot stay without smoking because nicotine is highly mixed with their blood.

Most smokers begin during adolescence or early adulthood. Smoking has elements of risktaking and rebellion, which often appeal to young people. The presence of high-status models and peers may also encourage smoking. Because teenagers are influenced more by their peers than by adults, attempts by parents, schools, and health professionals at preventing people from trying cigarettes are often unsuccessful.

The results showed that 90 of the students are regular smokers. Advertising may also have been a important influence on students since smokers in this group could better identify tobacco advertisements compared with their nonsmoking peers. No significant association was found between respondents' knowledge of the health risks of smoking and their actual smoking behavior.

Conclusion and recommendation:

By now, everybody should know that smoking is harmful and can also lead to death. Smoking can lead to emphysema and asthma. These are only two of the many

consequences of smoking. Smoking is not only harmful for the user, but it also affects the harmless people around the user that inhale the filthy smoke. This is called second-hand smoke. All parts of the body are affected when you smoke. Your face, your finger tips, and many others. Smoking can make you also have wrinkles and it tightens your skin. So, when you are 16 and still smoking by 20, you will look 35. Smoking is now recognized as a major public health problem in the developing world. This study demonstrates that in Bangladesh, smoking is very common among middle-class male teenagers and even more prevalent among youths from university level. Clearly, local and national programs that draw on relevant knowledge from other countries, but are appropriate to Bangladesh, need to be developed to tackle a major epidemic.

Bibliography:
Flatley. Lesikar. Basic of Business Communication. 2003-2004. J.S. Korlahalli. Rajendra Pal. Essentials of Business communication. 2004. Wikipedia ( Article on Smoking). 2009.