Smoking Behaviour among Secondary School Students in Malaysia

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume II, Issue XII, December 2018 | ISSN 2454–6186

Smoking Behaviour among Secondary School Students in Malaysia

O. Aziela¹, R. Normala², C.Azlini³, M.Y. Kamal⁴, Z.M. Lukman⁵

^1,2,3,4,5Faculty of Applied Social Science, University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia

Abstract—The purpose of this study was to scrutinize the smoking behaviours among high school students around Kuala Nerus Terengganu. The two main objectives were 1) smoking behaviours among students and 2) smoking habits among students. This study was conducted involving 419 secondary school students around the Kuala Nerus district in Terengganu, Malaysia. Respondents of this study are limited to students who are smoked only. This study was adopting descriptive analysis approach by using questionnaire as a research instrument. The overall study found that there are various behaviours and smoking habits that influenced secondary school students. The results showed that peers and sex influence were the biggest contributor to the smoking behaviour of students and individuals who had a lot of smokers who influenced smoking habits of school students.

Keyword—Cigarette, Behaviour, Habits, Secondary school student, Kuala Nerus

I. INTRODUCTION

These days, smoking has becoming a trend among school students [1]. There are numerous students associated with smoking conduct. Optional school students are youngsters aged 13 to 19 years old [2]. As a rule, at this fascinating age, the youngsters are almost certain needed to take a stab at something new without considering the awful ramifications that will happen like smoking[57]. Smoking is a wellbeing hazard, it is progressively obtained at more youthful ages, amid late youth and juvenescence [3].

Additionally, smoking has turned into a marvel among them now and it has turned into a culture, so they are never again reluctant to smoke in the school zone[58]. Most smokers begin smoking when they are young or in the early grown-up years. The sooner they begin smoking, the most certain they are to end up as a normal smoker [4]. Moreover, smoking is an addictive conduct that is regularly started in teenagers and has been perceived as a vital grimness and aversion of death [5]. Cigarette makers are known to target youthful kids with their forceful publicizing [6] however they accidentally gained profits mostly from grown-up who heavily consumed this fatal item[59].

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