A quantitative study to assess the knowledge and reasons of smoking among young people in Sweden.

Abstract: ABSTRACT   ADDICTION IS A SPECIAL KIND OF HELL. IT TAKES THE SOUL OF THE ADDICT   AND BREAKS THE HEARTS OF EVERYONE WHO LOVES THEM” Research problem: A quantitative study to assess the knowledge and reasons of Smoking among young people in Sweden       The aim of the study is to assess the reasons for smoking among young people in Sweden. To associate the level of knowledge with the demographical variables such as age, sex, marital status, socio-economic level, education, father’s education, and mother’s education. To assess the attitude about a cigarette, use, and willingness to stop smoking addiction.       The theoretical framework is based on social learning theory.  Pearson’s chi-square test and non-experimental descriptive research design were applied. A total of 100 samples were selected, and the data was collected by structured interview questionnaire. Two kinds of Non- probability sampling techniques namely, convenience and snowball sampling were used. Data were compiled and analyzed for completeness. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS ‑ version 20.0) (IBM Corp. Released 2011. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 20.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp) was used for analysis and measure the central tendency of the data. According to the results, the male percentage is more than the female. The overall status of smoking people in 100 samples 84 peoples smoke and 16 are non -smoker. More than half of people are educated.  The participants agreed that usually, smoking habits start in youth. People who start smoking for relaxation are 22(26%), curiosity 15 (17.8%), and reduction of stress. Many of them started smoking because of their friends13(15.4%). The majority of people 14(16.6%) agree that habit starts because of their loneliness and boredom.   Keywords Young people, smoking, reasons, Sweden