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Item Cigarette Smoking Disorders among Adolescent Students in Nigeria Tertiary Institution(Department of Psychology, University of Ilorin, 2021) Atiku, Abdullateef Abiodun; Abdulhameed, Abdussalam; Sunday Evaristus, ABONYITobacco intake in form of cigarette smoking is detrimental to human health. It has been estimated that about a third of the world's population, aged 15 years and above, are smokers. Tobacco is made of nicotine substance which is harmful to smokers who indulge in cigarette smoking. Evidence suggests that psychosocial, biological and genetic factors all play a role in nicotine addiction. And it is strongly related to many chronic diseases which includes coronary heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis. In spite of these health risk challenges, adolescents still derive pleasure in smoking tobacco with little or no idea on the consequences of cigarette smoking due to certain factors that militates their interest into cigarette smoking and this includes peer pressure, family background and environmental consequences. This article therefore examined the problems associated with cigarette smoking among students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria; it highlights the health risk of tobacco products and explains the nicotine intake disorders among adolescents. In a bid to foster understanding to this dreadful act, it recommended that, Nigeria government, the civil society organizations, every health professionals and social workers alike should be involved in the struggle to reduce increasing level of tobacco intake through consented effort and control measures.Item Foundation of Social Work(College Press, Lead City University, 2019) Yusuf, Mohammed Sanusi; Abdulhameed, Abdussalam; oladeinde, Damilola DanielItem Neighborhood Patern and Incidence of Crime: A comparative study of G.R.A and Kuntu areas of Ilorin(Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Benin, Beni City, Nigeria, 2017-06) Yusuf, Mohammed Sanusi; Abdulhameed, Abdussalam; Issah, MoshoodIt has been observed that physical deterioration and social disorganization of neighbourhoods have links with the dramatic increase in the incidence of crimes. In view of this, a comparative study of incidence of crime in two neighbourhoods (Kuntu and GRA) in Ilorin, Kwara State was carried out. The target populations are the residents of the two areas. A total of two hundred and fourty (n=240) respondents were purposively selected from the two neighbourhoods (one hundred and twenty from each neighbourhood). Questionnaires were administered to the respondents in their respective residential areas. Out of the two hundred and fourty questionnaires that were administered, two hundred and twenty-five were completed and returned and good for analysis. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as percentile and mean score methods. The percentile method was used to analyze the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents in the two neighbourhoods; and the mean score method was used to compare the incidence of crime in the two neighbourhoods. The results revealed that the incidence of crime in Kuntu neighbourhood is higher; while the incidence of crime is lower in GRA neighbourhood.. Based on this conclusion, it was recommended that structural planning of deteriorated neighbourhoods and improving socio-economic conditions of the residents of unplanned neighbourhoods would go a long way in reducing the incidence of crime in Ilorin metropolis.