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Item Restricted Smoking behaviour and undergraduate academic performance(2013-01) Borromeo, Carlo; Estopace, Kevin; Pernia, Ernesto M.Smoking is an addictive habit which negatively affects one's health and society as a whole. Widespread use in recent years has raised public health concerns, especially in the Philippines. To control smoking, the government has introduced various measures such as the Clean Air Act of 1999, the Tobacco Regulation Act, and most recently, the Sin Tax law. A better grasp of the determinants of smoking behavior and its effects are crucial in crafting policies to curb smoking. Our study focuses on college students because cigarette smoking usually begins during the late teen-hood, which is from 17 to 19 years of age. We aim to look into the effects of cigarette smoking on UP students, specifically on their capacity for academic excellence, while at the same time analyzing what exactly drives them to smoke in the first place.