This document outlines a cigarette symposium being organized by students at Lower Bala National High School. The symposium aims to educate students on the long-term health effects of smoking and encourage those who already smoke to quit. It will include discussions on the health risks of cigarettes and how to stop smoking. The event is intended to help students understand the dangers of smoking and prevent curiosity about cigarettes. The organizers will measure the success of the symposium based on increased knowledge among students and encouragement of current smokers to quit in order to live healthier lives. The symposium requires a projector and screen costing a total of 10,198 PHP.

1. Cigarette symposium: Smokes out
the Power of Information
Jhim Rex A. Camarin
Grade 11 - Stem
Lower Bala National High School
Chandyll Real Rosalita
Grade 11 – STEM
Lower Bala National High School
Alyssa Mae Lucero
Grade 11 – GAS
Lower Bala National High School
Kier Basalo
Grade 11 – EPAS
Lower Bala National High School
Jaspher Will Albutra
Grade 11 – EPAS
Lower Bala National High School
Jona Mae Llagono
Grade 11 – STEM

2. Lower Bala National High School

3. I. Introduction
We are all aware that teen smoking is becoming one of the most leading and real
issue faced by many institutions especially in Lower Bala National High School. 13-16
years old are prone to using smokes. Teenagers starts smoking for different reason. Some
think it looks cool. Others are encouraged by their friends to try cigarettes and to keep
smoking. They see smoking as the way of rebelling. They think that everyone else is
smoking and that they should do, too (https://www.lung.org > quit smoking).
This symposium is worthy for the support from the government because this activity can
help the students understand and know what are the long term effects of a cigarette
user.
II. Rationale and Background
Teenagers who engage their lives into smoking might risk their health. 20 percent of
high school (grades 9-12) are current smokers. 6.5 percent of eight graders are current
smokers (Kids Health 2022). The majority of children in elementary school and the early
part of middle school have tried a cigarette. Most will tell you that they will never smoke
cigarettes and they mean what they’re saying. But as they get older, some will become

4. more open to the idea of smoking. (National Jewish Health) states that increased risk for
heart disease, increased risk for chronic lung disease, increased risk for lung and other
cancers are the long term effects of smoking. It also affected their study, behavior, it
affects the people around you or the ssecond hand smoker, they have high chances to
gain more diseases than the tobacco user. This activity aims to capture the minds of the
students to gain more knowledge about the bad effects of cigarettes in their health.
III. Project Description
The intention of this symposium is to help the teenagers or students in Lower Bala
National High School to stop smoking and to prevent the students curiosity in taking
cigarettes.
In the implementation of prohibiting the students on smoking, the proponents of the
project shall undergo the following methodology:
A. Stop the Masamang Langhap Seminar
This activity informs the students on the possible bad effects or diseases that they might
get in taking cigar and encouraging them to eradicate their addiction on cigarettes. Get
the name of the students who’s active in taking the said habits, and we will have our next
symposium in order to conduct our survey of the current smoker students if they have
improve or have they totally exterminate smoking in their lives.

5. B. Project Plan
The anticipated outcomes of this symposium are measured in the following forms:
 The students of Lower Bala National High School will gain more knowledge,
information and ideas of how cigarette affects our daily lives.
 The student who already stop smoking will have a healthy life.
 The students will be encouraged to stop smoking.
After the occurrence of our one day event, we will continue in being a part of
their progress in school. We will gather data, observations and comments from
their teachers regarding the improvement of students in their selves from smoking.
Time Activity Members
Assigned
Objectives/Purpose
8:00 – 9:00 am Opening program
and introduction of
the people behind
the symposium
Alyssa Mae Lucero
9:00 – 10:00 am Discussion about
cigarette and its
long term effects
Chandyll Real
Rosalita and
Jona Mae Llagono
To help and inform
the students, teachers
about cigarette
11:00 – 11:30 Discussion on how
to stop smoking
Kier Basalo and
Jaspher Will
Albutra
It is to Encourage the
students and motivate
them to stop smoking
11:30 am – 12:00
pm
Closing Program

6. V. Projects Needs and Cost
The project will have solicitation. The table below is the complete list of all
resources needed by our symposium together with their unit price, and total price.
Items Price (PHP)
Projector 8, 899.00
Screen projector 1, 299.00
Total 10, 198.00