Effects of Cigarette Smoke

on Plants

Panes_Regencia

Background of the Study

Cigarette smoking is a global problem. Once a person starts

smoking, it will be continuous. It becomes unstoppable unless you
are determined to stop or something is wrong with your health that
you are required to stop. The smoke from a cigarette contains more
than 4000 chemicals, which could have various toxic, mutagenic
and carcinogenic effects. The products that are most damaging are
tar, a carcinogen that causes cancer, nicotineis addictive and
increases cholesterol levels in your body and carbon
monoxidereduces oxygen in the body. Passive smokingis the
inhalation of smoke, calledsecondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke
causes many of the same diseases as direct smoking,
includingcardiovascular diseases,lung cancer, andrespiratory
diseases.
Smokingalso greatly influences the surrounding atmosphere. It
also causes air, water and land pollution.

Q: Is it also greatly affects the

plants?

Cigarette smoke produces carbon dioxide. Plants take in carbon monoxide,

just like humans inhale oxygen. The presence of cigarette smoke, or any
kind of smoke, means that more carbon dioxide is available for plants to
breathe.
Plants breathe through their leaves, which are covered in tiny holes that
are called stomata pores. For proper gas exchange to take place, these
pores must remain open and clear. Cigarette smoke is composed of millions
of tiny particles and contains tar that can block these pores, preventing the
plant from breathing.

Statement of the Problem

Main Problem:
What are the effects of cigarette smoke on plants?

Sub-Problems:
How does it affect the following factors:

a. Color of the leaves

b. Number of leaves
c. Height of the plant
d. Weight of the plant
e. Fruit produced

Does smoke have positive effects on plants?

Hypotheses

There are no effects of cigarette smoke on plants.

Cigarette smoke does not affect the plants leaf color,

growth; fruit produced, and number leaves.

Independent Variable: Cigarette Smoke

Dependent Variables: Color of leaves, number of leaves,
height of the plant, weight of the plant, fruit produced
Extraneous Variables: Location, Temperature, kind of plant,
kind of cigarette, kind of soil

Objectives

To identify the effects of the cigarette smoke on plants.

Color of the leaves
Number of leaves
Height of the plant
Weight of the plant
Fruit produced

To determine the positive effects of cigarette smoke on

plants.

Significance of the Study

Cigarette smoking have great impacts on people
and in the environment. There are already many studies
about the health and environment effects of the
cigarette smoking worldwide. In this study, researchers
aim to find the effects of cigarette smoke on plants.
With this, beneficial and negative effects of cigarette
smoke on plants can be identified. Cigarette smoke
doesnt only affects us but also the most valuable living
things-the plants.

Scope and Limitations

We will only observe the effects of the cigarette smoke on

plants particularly on the color and number of leaves,
weight and height of the plant and fruit produced. The
researchers will use the most affordable cigarette and fastgrowing plant like mongo.

Definition of Terms
Cigarette- is

a small roll of finely cuttobacco

leaves cylinder of thin paper forsmoking. The cigarette is
ignited at one end and allowed tosmoulder; its smoke
isinhaledfrom the other end, which is held in or to the
mouth and in some cases acigarette holdermay be used
as well.

Mongo- also known as green bean