Smoking cigarretes are not good for college students
Yazid Fahri1, Sahidin2, Ahmad Aldi Maulidin3
1,2,3English Language Study Program, Universitas Islam Negeri Mataram
Do you think cigarettes make you look cool? Think again! But in reality is the opposite. Cigarettes damage the body, waste money, and hurt the mind. Data shows that 70.5% of Indonesian men smoke (World of Statistics), and loses from smoking in 2020 reached 431.8 trillion rupiah (Kemenkes). Event though cigarette packs warn “smoking kills you”, the number of smokers keeps rising every year. Siauw et al (2023) Studies from International Journal of Public Health and Tobacco Induced Diseases confirm that smoking harms not only individuals but also society especially students who should focus on building their future.
Smoking the cigarretes can give many bad impact for collage students. From the health aspect to finance aspect also social problem. Cigarretes contai toxic inggredient just like nicotine and tar which can reduce our lungs stamina, chigarretes make students does not fucus on their study, much worse for their financial. Many students prefer to buy cigarettes instead of food, this shows how high their addiction, students prefer their addiction than their need. In fact, Kemenkes reported a national loss of 431.8 trillion rupiah in 2020 because of smoking. Chaaya et al (2021) Smoking also can create issues in their social when students visit their friend's boarding room some student throws their ashes and butts carelessly this the example that cigarette is not only harmful for the student health but also waste money and disturb the relation between students.which prove cigarettes are not good for collage students.
Another reason why smoking is not good for collage students it's because smoking among college students actually has a serious impact on their health in the future. This thesis is important because it can be said that most college students do not fully realize the risks and negative effects caused by the smoking habit. Even students who smoke tend to underestimate the short-term negative effects of smoking. According to Levinson et al (2007) it shows that most college students who smoke being smokers, because they believe that they only smoke socially and it will not make them addicted. This research can show that the beliefs between students who smoke and those who do not smoke tend are very different, because non-smoker students usually tend to speculate that smoking is not good for health. Meanwhile, students who smoke believe that they only smoke socially, and it will not make them addicted.
In addition to harming physical health and academic performance, smoking also effects mental health, many studens start smoking as their way to relieve from stress, anciety or Assignment and Exam preasure. However research showed the opposite side of smoking. According to research conducted by Habib et al (2024) smoking among collage students is strongly associated with higher level of psychological distress including mood disturbances, difficulty concentrating, and increase anciety. The study emphasizes that instead of reducing stress, smoking actually does the opposite, making the students feel more stress and cause addiction.
In conclusion, smoking cigarretes is clearly not good for collage students because it bring harmful effects in many aspect of their lives. Cigarretes demage health, drain finances, and even disturb social relationship between students. Many collage students understimate the risk of smoking even though it can cause serious health problem. Lastly, instead of reducing stress, smoking actually causes students to become more stressed and addicted
References
Siauw, F. Y., Maghfoor, S., Haura, D., & Tim Tahrir Al Aqsha Indonesia. (2023). Baitul Maqdis for dummies. Jakarta Timur: Alfatih Press.
Chaaya, Monique, Dina Farran, Dahlia Saab, Mahmoud Al-Hindi, Maya Romani, Mary Khairallah, and Rima Nakkash. 2021. “Influence of a University Tobacco-Free Policy on the Attitudes, Perceptions of Compliance, and Policy Benefit Among the University Students: A Pre-Post Investigation.” International Journal of Public Health 66(The article addresses the effectiveness of college anti-smoking policies and how they influence student smoking behaviors and attitudes.): 614602. doi:10.3389/ijph.2021.614602.