SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL MODEL - Essay Example

The Social and Ecological Analysis- Smoking Introduction The behavioral pattern matters a lot to inter and intra personal relationship of an individual in particular and a community as a whole. It has been observed that the interpersonal relationship has undergone several stress and strain with a smoker in every layer of his association. Starting from the baby in the womb to the geriatrics- smoking habit affects all. With the growing awareness and the media campaign against one of the foulest habit of mankind, smokers are not being ushered, rather despised in each and every step.

The specially created ‘Smoking Zone’, the legal stricture against open smoking and the embargo over the advertising of tobacco product that often leads to surrogating speaks it all. In our next league of discussion, we will emphasis on the interpersonal relationship of the smokers. Smoking and Family The problem pertaining to smoking starts percolating in the fate of our new born baby. A smoking mother not only loads his unborn child with loads of vulnerability but also paves the way for a future smoker as the recent study suggests that the smoking habit alters the genetic codes which make the child more prone to smoking in days to come.

Besides the legacy of pulmonary diseases, cancer is quite evident in these babies (1). Naturally, this type of child, when grow up, will seldom depict its respect etc to the institution called family. He or she will came to know through ages who are responsible for this ailment. In another paradigm of this discussion, the smoking habit of the adults is also equally responsible for the interpersonal strained relationship in a family. In today’s urban set up where a family of four or five of the members is being forced to live in the dingy apartment, the much hyped question of “Passive Smoking” can not be ruled out.

In this case, an unwilling individual is forced to inhale the toxic fumes of smoking, no wonder, the reported cases of lung cancer in the babies and several other ailments are on the rise through the world. The intra personal relationship of the family members is a matter of concern. The grown up children, aware of the bad effects, will develop a two pronged approach towards this menace. Either they will follow the suit set by their parents or react violently. In the first case, if the child is being asked to give up the habit, it will lead to further strained relationship as the parents can not be in a position to protest or react on moral ground.

They will have to accept the same which will further lead to alcoholism and drug addiction to complete the ruin of the institution called family. On the other hand, the children who protest against their parent will only create much more emotional conditions. The slaves of lady Nicotine can not live without her and their family members have to bear the burnt. The same situation will aggravate. As the culmination of these maladies the family members will suffer from either cancer or some critical illness leading to an astronomical cost.

Already dilapidated texture of the family will crushed further as the interpersonal relationship will hit the nadir. The family has to bear the larger amount as the social security system can not fully support this problem which was being invited. Smoking and the friends circle Be in office or in the social grouping, the chasm has been completed. The world is divided in two sides, namely, smokers and non smokers. With the swelling increase of non smokers the social existence of smokers are in a vulnerable position.

In micro, inter personal level, the situation appears same. I die hard smoker finds it difficult to satisfy his habit in a social place, office, club or anywhere else. He is despised and the stern comments, masquerading as advice greets him every where. Either he has to brave the same or he should protest. Both the way, he feels the irritation at every stage. The consequence is obvious—long term relationship appears to be in doldrums as fallout of this practice. On the part of the smoker he finds it insulting when a person he knows as smoker excuses himself on offering.

A sense of guilt and contempt creates mental agony and the person concerned has got a humiliated feeling. The matter does not end here. The social hierarchy was earlier marked with the tobacco brands are on the wane and “smokers only” places are now struggles for its existence every where. The friendships, even the relationship among the spouses are under scanner because of this bad habit. Smoking in Social network The ubiquitous question that arises here, what will be the social status of the smokers in contemporary civilized world.

It is often observed that poor smokers often attribute their ill health with their social condition and not with smoking (2). The upwardly mobile smokers insists into the fact that they are using 100mm cigarette with better ‘filter’ and tobacco that safeguards them which, eventually does not. Poor health, the attack of lethal diseases and unfavorable presence says it all. Now smocking is no more a ‘cool’ thing and top shot film stars shun smocking. Social awareness and the on going campaign against smocking have taken into centre stage and the issue is not going to be abetted as it appears.

In the social network as well as in the civilized society, the smokers are in the receiving end. It creates a sense of alienation and mental trauma in individual level. The psychological support and the counseling are often ignored in these cases resulting to much more frustration among them. The stigmatized smokers are to be educated and medication is a must to veer them into proper projectile. Conclusion The interpersonal relationship in between smokers and non smokers has reached a flash point.

But we shall have to accommodate both of them in peaceful manner. From micro analysis to the holistic view, if we go into the depth of the subject itself, analyze the same with a humane face and try to solve the problem from the roots, in foreseeable future, it can be said in unequivocal manner, the problems and the misunderstandings in every aspect will be shorted out. The Pictorial Depictions: (3) (4) References 1. http://www.quitsmoking.com/info/articles/affectseveryone.htm. 2. http://tobaccodocuments.

org/landman/1000048861-8881.html 3. http://www.anti-tobacco4u.blogspot.com 4. http://www.smoking-warning4u.webs.com