I started smoking when I was thirteen years old. Based on my experience, I have come up with a few reasons why teenagers start smoking. The main reasons I have noticed in peer pressure and family influences. When you are young all you worry about is being popular and getting ok grades. Now days you have all these kids that think it is "cool" to smoke and you want to be considered "cool" too. So you smoke. Smoking then makes you feel "cool" and gives you this "bad kid look I can break the rules and do things I am not supposed to do image." .
Another thing I have noticed sadly is that some parents allow their teenage children to smoke. I think that gives them the want to do it and then influence their friends to smoke too. As a parent, I would not allow my children to smoke underage, because I think it gives them not only the impression that they can smoke, but that it is okay to do what they want. I guess I am just a firm believer of respect and boundaries, and its sad that other parents are not because it is only hurting the child.
I really wish I would have never started smoking and I wish kids would open there eyes and see their consquences (which they never do) and make decisions for themselves instead of what others want them to do. But I guess everyone has to learn their own way, even if it is the hard way or not the "right" way.
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Smoking Addiction of Teenagers Do you smoke? ... Now, let me tell you why teenagers smoking, and what are the effects to them, and how can they quit? Why teenagers smoking? ... Overall, those are the reasons why teenagers smoke. ... Most people who begin smoking as teens say that they wish they had never started. ...
Why exactly do they do it? ... About 70% of the public started smoking as a teenager. ... Janel Horton is a 17 years old teenager and she started smoking at age 11. ... No one just starts smoking; teenagers see it on T.V or are influence by someone in their life. ... An adult shares his story as a teenager about smoking his first cigarette and how he got started. ...
By setting a legal age to smoke, it is only going to arouse the suspicion of smoking to an up and coming teenager. ... It turns out that most teenagers have tried smoking, drinking, having sex, and using drugs before they turned 18, mostly for the thrill of doing something that is considered wrong. ... Enough people smoke as it is, so these companies should not try to urge children to start smoking. ... On the other hand, this is where the inconsistencies start. ... But why should someone have to wait five to nine years? ...
Many older smokers say that they started smoking at a very young age. That is why I believe that the legal age of smoking should be bumped up from 18 to 21. ... However, if the smoking age is raised, many teenagers will think twice about it. ... The earlier teenagers start smoking, the more susceptible they will be to lung cancer, emphysema, throat cancer, and other life threatening diseases. ... There would be a lot of money saved if the teenagers would just wait until they were older, instead of starting at such a young age. ...
Every day thousands of teenagers are saying these exact words about cigarette smoking. Why are they taking the risks? ... According to Health Canada, twenty-seven percent of teenagers smoke cigarettes. ... But, today there is no excuse to start smoking or keep smoking knowing the dangers. ... And the younger the smoking starts, the more damage is done. ...
We see often in public places, teenagers who are standing around, smoking cigarettes. ... More than 1.2 million Americans under the age of eighteen started smoking daily in 1996, up from an estimated 708,000 in 1988. ... They asked if they ever had a daily smoking habit and if so, when they started. ... I asked him why does he smoke, and he replied by saying, "I started when I was young and now I just can't stop" (Ferguson, Oct. 12, 1999). ... I would like to see teenagers who are not smoking. ...
The Europeans started growing tobacco plants and soon smoking became part of the European lifestyle. ... There are a few reasons why people smoke. At first when they are teenagers they might smoke because they think that they will be more cool if they do, but they are just fooling themselves. Others may start because of peer pressure; they might think that everyone else is doing it and that they will be a dork if they don't smoke too. ... Advertising is another great way to get somebody to start smoking. ...
Why do smokers start or continue to use cigarettes even though they are aware of the risks and health dangers in cigarettes? ... To get closer to these exciting locations, teenagers might feel the need to purchase that product. ... Two primary causes of why people start to smoke cigarettes are because they use the "everyone is doing it" philosophy and they want their own independence. ... They start smoking since they think it finds the meaning of independence. ... A major reason of why people continue smoking is because of the everyday pressures of life such as school and family. ...
So why do people use them? The first puff of a cigarette is usually the result of curiosity or, perhaps, peer pressure when talking about a group of teenagers. ... Perhaps if we educate people they will never start, hence avoiding the danger of addiction. ... Incorporating smoking education into the everyday health classes is not a hazard, but rather a swift start to a smoke free America. ... These classes are for people who want to quit, which is why newspaper articles are needed to make people think twice about smoking. ...