According to the graph about the past month cigarette use of the students, it illustrates that the percentage of the 8th, 10th and 12th graders who smokes cigarette constantly increases from the month of September to March and eventually declined from the month of March to May. The graph shows that 12th graders have the highest percentage of cigarette use throughout the school year, with the data of around 28% in September that increases to 37% in March which eventually decline to 32% in the month of May.

C. 12th grade

According to the graph regarding the percentage of students who report past month cigarette use, the most common time span among the 8th, 10th and 12th graders who smoke cigarettes are from the months of January to March. As you can see in the graph, the highest cigarette use percentage among the students is during February for the 8th and 10th graders, and March for the 12th graders.

C. Jan.-Mar.

In accordance with the graph about the percentage of students who report past month cigarette use, the common graph trend to all the three grade levels illustrates that the percentage of the cigarette use among the students is directly proportional to the months during the school year. As the months progress over the school year, the percentage of the students who smoke cigarettes increases. There are various influences that contributed to the smoking trend among the students. These includes peer pressure, the stress that they are experiencing from school works, the characteristic of teenagers that wants to explore and experience new things, and their misconceptions and stereotypes about cigarette use.

The percentage of the students who use cigarette increases as the months over the school year progress. And the influences that contributed to this trend are peer pressure, academic stress, the urge to explore new things and the stereotyping about smoking.