The Role Of The Physical And Athletic Activity In The Reduction Of Smoking Symptoms For The Secondary Level Students

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the role of the physical and athletic activity in the reduction of smoking symptoms for the secondary level students. The researcher have used the descriptive method and we have deliberately selected the sample, which consisted of 50 students from some of the secondary schools in northeastern Setif who smoke regularly from 06-11 cigarette a day and they don’t take medicines which help them to quit smoking. We have made a test: Fagerstrom test, Horn test and Demaria test during physical and athletic education sessions according to the time tables in order to measure the student’s desire to reduce smoking. After analyzing the results, we have concluded from this study that there are statistical significant differences in error ration 0,001 between the results of tribal and remote tests of Fagerstrom test, Horn test and Demaria tests in the research sample. In light of the study’s results the researcher have concluded the following: That the physical and athletic activity reduces the student’s physical and psychological desire to rely on nicotine, in addition to that the physical and athletic activity increases student’s desire to reduce smoking. As that physical and athletic activity may help, spacing the periods in which the smoker has an urgent desire to smoke, this positive change is due to changes, which occur in the smoker’s body.