Factors That Affect the Students' Engagement in Cigarette Smoking and their Coping Mechanism: Input to Classroom Advisers of Shs of Neighbor Schools (Looc Integrated School and Calamba Bayside Integra)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study aimed to find out how the given factors affect the students' engagement in cigarette smoking and their coping mechanism. This study covered two schools in the East District of the Division of Calamba.

METHODS

This study used the descriptive qualitative design. This design was used to divulge how the respondents' engagement in cigarette smoking was affected by the following factors: Sociodemographic; Environmental; Behavioral; and,Personal. Moreover, this approach was utilized to check Current behavior of the respondents relative to smoking and to identify how did the respondents cope with the side effects of smoking.

RESULTS

It was found that Environmental factor contributed the greatest part among the respondents' smoking vice, seconded by Sociodemographic and followed by equal effect of Behavioral and Personal factors. It was also found that the respondents' current behavior towards smoking increasing due to peer pressure. Moreover, the respondents have no coping mechanisms to deal with the effects of the said vice.

DISCUSSIONS

The output and discoveries generated from this research gave the motivated researchers to produce an action plan that will decrease the respondents' addiction to the said vice. The action plan that will be proposed to be part of the schools' project includes seminar/workshop for the students on cigarette smoking awareness, seminar/workshop for the community towards the effect of smoking, in a joint venture with Local government, and ICT-related campaign against smoking to be accomplished by all students.