Why teens start smoking
Why teens start smoking
The first cigarette smoked, as a rule,accounts for the early adolescence. Among young men and girls of 14-16 years, every second smokes. Adolescents are the most vulnerable part of society, subject to this addiction.
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Despite the active anti-tobacco campaign,promotion of a healthy lifestyle and a number of prohibitions, adolescents continue to be the most active group of smokers. And not only boys smoke, but also girls. All of them are well aware of the dangers of smoking, of the irreparable damage that the cigarette causes to health and beauty, but still continue to smoke. There are several reasons why this happens.
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Reason one: rebellion. Teenagers like to protest. It does not matter what their protest is directed against. At a young age a person begins to defend his personality, to know himself, to compare himself and others. But what if there are no special achievements, and the young man feels that there is nothing to respect him yet? Rebellion and protest are the simplest way of self-assertion. Parents and teachers prohibit smoking? Does the state fight against smoking? Excellent. Violating the ban, a teenager feels like a hero, claims his "I": he goes against his parents, teachers and even the state!
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The second reason: the fear of being "not like everyone else". Teenagers are very suggestible and very dependent on peer opinion. If everyone around is smoking and a cigarette is an essential attribute of a friendly meeting or a date, the teenager will inevitably emulate the rest. After all, he is afraid of being mocked, a "black sheep". And with the help of a cigarette it's so easy to become "your" in any company!
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Reason three: the desire to appear more courageous or feminine. The false standards of masculinity and femininity that teenagers derive from books, films and advertising lead to the fact that the cigarette becomes synonymous with masculinity in boys and attractiveness in girls. Smoking a cigarette, the boy begins to feel like a man; girl - a femme fatale. After all, many literary and cinematic heroes, from which adolescents take an example, smoke!
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The fourth reason: smoking parents. Often teenagers smoke simply because they are accepted in their family. If dad and mother smoke, why not smoke a child? If parents allow themselves something, then the child will especially copy the parental behavior.
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And, finally, the reason is the fifth and the main: diffidence. Teenagers only know the world, they are no longer children, but also not adults, so adult life frightens and simultaneously beckons. The teenager is still very vulnerable, fragile, not sure of himself. Cigarette gives confidence - both physically and psychologically. It is easy and affordable and, as it seems to a teenager, a safe way to relax, feel like an adult, self-sufficient and worthy of respect.
