Research summary

For my topic on youth smoking, i did research on smoking statistic why youth smoke, with a personal case study which is myself as a smoker, what are the harmful effects of smoking and how to prevent youth from smoking.

Smoking statistic:

• 360 000 people smoking in singapore
• 1 out of 5 youth smokes

Analysis: Why youth smoke?:

• Curious
• social influence
• media influence
• parents influence
• friends influence
• peer pressure
• fit in to their friends
• stress
• face problems in their life
• want to be like adults

Harmful effects of smoking:

• Heart disease and stroke
• cancer
• Chronic obstructive disease
• bone loss and osteoporosis
• reproductive and sexual health problems

How to prevent a youth to be a smoker

• educate the harmful effect of smoking
• parents should communicate opening and spent more time with teens
• parents should be a good role model

To conclude, youth are the future of singapore, we must not smoke away our lives. Most smokers also start smoking at their youth, this is why we should prevent youth from becoming a smoker. Media influence are strong, we must be strong and not get influence. Peers and people around youth should also not encourage non smokers to smoke. Finally may all smokers cut down on their cigarette and walk the path towards quitting smoking.