Assessment+3(chp+1)

__ Chapter 1 : INTRODUCTION __


 * 1.0 Introduction**

This chapter presents background information, research objectives, research questions and the definition of terms of the research.


 * 1.1 Background**

Smoking is a practice where a substance, most commonly tobacco, is burned and the smoke tasted or inhaled. Smoking can harm people’s life as well as it could bring dangerous effects to health. People smoke because of their own reasons. Precisely, there are no good effect of smoking ever. Nowadays, the rate of smoking is highly increased compared to many ages before. All walks of life take the cigarette as their desire.

Students are not excluded to smoke too. In this research, we highlight the smoking habit among university students. We choose University Malaysia Pahang students to help us to do the research. Perhaps this research may give awareness among UMP students about the dangerous of smoking.


 * 1.2 Research Objectives**
 * The research objectives dealing with smoking habit among students include:**

1) To examine the factors that can lead student to smoke. 2) To find out the effects of smoking in student’s health. 3) To investigate the ways to prevent students from smoking.


 * 1.3 Research Questions**
 * Research questions are the outcomes of the study.They include:**

1)What are the main reasons that can lead student to smoke? 2)How does smoking affect student’s health? 3)What are the best ways to prevent student from smoking?


 * 1.4 Definition of terms**
 * Smoking can be defined as:**

Tobacco smoking is the act of smoking tobacco products, especially cigarettes and cigars. Tobacco smoking is considered a significant cause of human health problems, especially cancer and other disorders affecting the lungs (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Tobacco_smoking)