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Mohd Fikree Bin Badderi (AE 08064) Mohd Ikram Bin Md Yusoff (AE 08067) Noor Azirhan Bin Sahat (AE 08065) Abd Rahim Bin Ibrahim (AE 08075)
 * REPORT PROPOSAL FORMAT **
 * Team Members: **
 * Course/ Section:** BAE/ Section 1
 * Title of report proposal:** Smoking habit among the student.
 * Date of submission:** 24 July 2009


 * INTRODUCTION **

Smoking is a practice where a substance, most commonly tobacco, is burned and the smoke tasted or inhaled. Smoking causes many harmful diseases like lung cancer, emphysema, heart attacks, high blood pressure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and can lead to birth effects. Smoking affects not only the person who smokes, but also the people around that person. The people who are around the person who is smoking are forced automatically to perform 'passive smoking'. This passive smoking is more dangerous when compared to direct smoking. Passive smoking can be found in public places like bus stands, railway stations and in any closed room with less ventilation.
 * 1. Background of the proposed reported **

Some people smoke just for fashion. Generally a person starts smoking with friends or colleagues just for fun.In this report, the research highlights smoking habit among the student, factors that lead students to smoke and students' awareness about the danger of smoking.This research may give awareness and knowledge to the students, parents and even the university on the smoking issue around the campus among UMP students.

a. to examine the smoking habits among UMP students. b. to discover factors that lead students to smoke c. to find out the level of awareness on the danger of smoking among the students.
 * 2. Objectives of study.**

i. What is smoking habits among UMP students? ii. What are the factors that lead student to smoke? iii. What do they know about level of awareness of smoking?
 * 3. Research Questions**

**4. Definition of terms.** i. UMP students - Male students that are chosen randomly.