Abstract

Some tend to drink alcohol and smoke cigars for relaxation and they think everything will be better with these vices. The researchers want to find the student's perception of the impact of alcohol and smoking on social relationships so that they can raise awareness of the effects of these vices on social relationships. . These days, students are being subsumed in peer pressure to drink and smoke and because of this, some of them are being addicted and has their lives ruined. This results in having a hard time interacting with others and addiction to illegal substances. In Holy Family Academy, some students are smoking and drinking. With this research, they would be able to know the different impacts of these vices in their lives and find ways to refrain from doing it. The researchers made use of phenomenology as the design for this study. This helps the participants to answer the questions as they are related to experiences in one's life. The researchers identified the respondents through random sampling. Each individual is chosen entirely by chance. The participants will be answering a questionnaire regarding the topic, students' perception of the impact of alcohol and smoking on social relationships. The result of this research proved that three major variables that are affected by alcohol and smoking in social relationships are, "Being friendly", "Communication" and "alcohol intoxication/ addiction".