Vices Intoduction

Vice is a practice or a behavior or habit considered immoral, depraved, or degrading in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or merely a bad habit). Vices are habits and activities that are not beneficial to an individual. It usually produces negative consequences- in the physical, emotional, mental and social aspect of a person. The generation today is facing a great ideal of vices like drug addiction, smoking, computer games, social networking, gambling, pre- marital sex, pornography and drinking which has become more accessible to the public. It would suggest that vices are common among these people because of the age proper and the independence from parents.3Vices may inhibit the productivity and further effectiveness of a student, since they take time, concentration and financial resources. 4 Vices that the researchers would want to tackle are alcoholism, smoking , computer games and gambling because these vices are the most common and prevalent among the MMC - CAST students.

Alcohol dependence, or alcoholism, is a long-term physical condition characterized by compulsive drinking, which a person is unable to control ( Grand et. al.., 2004)

College is a prime time and place for drinking. Although frequent drinking is common at this age,college students tend to drink more frequently and more heavy than their non

collegiate peers (SAMHSA,2004b) Alcohol alters the brain’s chemistry and increases the risk of depression, thus their is a possibility that may affect a students focus in his studies.

Another vice that is also rampant among them is smoking. In view of the known risks, why do so many people smoke? For one thing smoking is

addictive. A tendency to addiction may be genetic, and certain genes may affect the ability to quit ( Lerman et. al.'1999;Pianezza et.al.'1998;Sabol et.al. 1999)

Experienced smokers say they are more