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Cigarettes. Lots of smokers start when they are teenagers, and the earlier you start to smoke, the harder it is to quit smoking later on. Even if a smoker knows that smoking causes lung cancer and other diseases, he can't stop. Here's the question: why do teenagers start smoking?
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Most teenagers start smoking because they think it’s cool, and they want to seem older than they are or impress someone. One of the reasons it’s because they see some of their friends doing it or just close members of their family. Some of them do it to avoid their problems or take a little break from them too. Of course people use it to relax themselves for a moment. They don’t realize that the consequences are going to be worse than they imagine.
ReplyDeleteJavier:
ReplyDeletethe main reason why teenagers start smoking is to be more popular and to make people think that they are older. Sometimes, when you go for a walk with a person that smokes you are tempted to try one cigarette and day after day the person that didn’t smoke starts doing it. Another reason can be that if the parents of a kid smokes, the kid will probably start smoking when he grows up.
Ina:
ReplyDeleteI think it’s because someone impulse them to start or to try it. A big percent of the ones that try cigarettes wants to keep trying
I think sometimes they start all in parties and by the friends, you need to control yourself from those habits, they damage your lungs and your whole body. Also people that had been smoking get more illnesses than usual
Alvaro:
ReplyDeleteI think that teenagers start to smoke because they want to look cool in front of their friends, or maybe because of social pressure, people telling them to smoke makes them to feel under pressure and makes them smoke.
Mike:
ReplyDeleteI think teenagers this days smoke so they can look cool or make the mood with their friends “better” and also they see smoking as a way of rebelling and showing independence. Maybe they are in a stressful part of their lives and someone at that moment says that smoking relieves stress and they do it.
Vero;
ReplyDeleteI think teenagers start smoking because it is “popular” and it’s cool, or also because you have curiosity to know how it taste. Also because there is pressure of other teenagers.
Andrea:
ReplyDeleteI think that teenagers start smoking because they think that that’s is so cool and if you don’t do it you are not “cool”. So with the social pressure that all the people put in the teens they start smoking.
Luciana:
ReplyDeleteI think and I know that smoking when you are a teenager is not good. Nevertheless they are teens that think that is cool (obviously is not) so they start doing it to get along, to fit in at parties or with other “ cool people”. Or they do it because the people are insisting, or everyone is doing it. That’s not cool and it’s bad.
Mingyang:
ReplyDeleteThe main factors of adolescent smoking behavior are: social, family, school and psychological influence. Middle school students often lack awareness of the harmful effects of smoking. Middle school students are going through puberty. There is a big change in psychology. Easy to be curious about smoking. Smoking is bad for health. Affect student development. So we should try not to smoke. It would be better to stop those who smoke from smoking
There are many circumstances that can cause a teenager to start smoking, but in my opinion the main reason is that at that age you start to get curious about many things, and you start to cuestión yourself, and because of that the teens start to try new things, trying to imitate older people because they think it is something great
ReplyDeleteThe reason teenagers smoke is because they want to be famous among their friends, and they think they are cool, so everyone starts out of curiosity. However, because of the nicotine in cigarettes, teenagers start to smoke more and more, and since they have been smoking since childhood, it will be even more difficult to quit if they become a adult. For that reason, I believe that cigarettes should never be smoked out of curiosity during adolescence.
ReplyDeleteCase i know is when their friends are smoking and
ReplyDeleteif one kid doesn’t. They encourage him to smoke,
then another one is hard to refuse and then he just keeps smoking. And sometimes the media shows smoking as cool to teenagers. Also there's a time period when people are teenagers and they try to be independent. Even if they know that smoking is bad, especially for their own health, they think smoking is the way of being an adult or cool.
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ReplyDeleteAngela:
ReplyDeleteThe reason why teenagers start smoking is because of curiosity and peer pressure. If their friends start smoking and ask them to smoke together, they will easily get curious about it. And because of their self esteem and peer pressure, it is hard to say no to their friends. Also, teenagers tend to follow others rather than being the ‘special’ one. Therefore, I think those are the reasons why teenagers start smoking.
Akbar:
ReplyDeleteI think that most teenagers started smoking out of interest. Then they become addicted and get their friends hooked on cigarettes. Of all my friends, I'm the only one who doesn't smoke, because I've seen what smoking cigarettes leads to. Many people say that smoking cigarettes helps to reduce stress and headaches, but some people smoke to look older, by the way, I met these people more than once. Personally I think that smoking cigarettes will not do any good and I have a totally negative attitude to it.
Anni:
ReplyDeleteWhy do teenagers start smoking? Because some of them think that it's really cool and fun, and they want to try. After they try they can’t stop. Cigarettes have a type of material inside that will make you want to smoke it again and again. It's hard to stop. It’s similar to drugs, try it one time you can’t stop. It makes you want to smoke. There are many people that are older and also can’t stop smoking, to teenagers it is even harder. Everyone knows that smoke is unhealthy but some of them still can’t stop smoking.
Santiago:
ReplyDeleteWhy do teenegers start smoking ? most of the teeneggers that start smocking i think its because of social pressure or because they think its cool thats why we need to stop with this cause for example now at days is really popular tu vape and they think vaping doesn't damage you but we doesn't now the real damage that this cause because is new in the market thats way this is real dangerous because its something new , it happened the same when they started making cigarettes , for my opinion the best thing that they need to do is give talks about it on the school because a lot of teenegers at this days have try it or maybe have one so we need to stop with this
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ReplyDeleteTerry:
ReplyDeleteI think the reason that the teenager starts to smoke because they think that it’s very cool, and they might face too much pressure that they cannot handle, so that they start to using smoke to release the pressure
Hye Eun:
ReplyDeleteI think the reason teenagers smoke was in the first place out of curiosity. Then it seems that they gradually became addicted to cigarettes. Another reason may be that they think smoking looks cool. Or maybe they are find it when they need to calm down because of too much stress.
Jerry:
ReplyDeleteI think that teenagers start smoking because they see the curiosity of their father or other people smoking, and then try to smoke. Some people start smoking because they think other people are smoking and feel cool. Or more because of the influence of friends around and started smoking. Smoking has long become their habit, and they are very uncomfortable not to smoke. Even if they know that smoking is harmful to health and there are many disadvantages, they cannot refuse cigarettes.
Harry:
ReplyDeleteThere are four aspects that I think will affect young people’s smoking: First, it is affected by the elders. If the father or grandfather in the family used to smoke, in this environment, some young people may try to smoke. Secondly, they are affected by peers. If some friends are smokers, Some young people may also try to smoke the first cigarette, and thirdly, because of the influence of TV advertisements, young people may imitate. In the end, I think it is inferiority complex, even self-abuse. The vast majority of young people who smoke seem to be self-confident on the surface, but they are in fact very inferior. They are most likely to be hit academically. At the same time, when the home school does not understand him, they have a mentality of breaking and falling. Smoking can paralyze themselves. So that you can escape reality in your heart. Each piece of tobacco smoke contains thousands of chemical substances, hundreds of harmful substances, and there are as many as 69 carcinogens. When the smoker is smoking, these substances in tobacco will act on the human body. The various organ systems of China cause related diseases, so no matter what the occasion is, don’t smoke. This is responsible for yourself and the people around you.
Jimmy:
ReplyDeleteSome teenagers think that smoking is cool. Watching their friends of the same age smoke, they think it is very cool to join them because it is something usually adults do, so they can't help but want to give it a try and start to smoke. Smoking is definitely not a very good habit. It will cause harm to your body, from unstable mental states to physical diseases.
Eric:
ReplyDeleteI think the main reason why teenagers start smoking is because they think it's cool. Because the big stars on the movie screen always smoke sometimes, and teenagers think it's very natural and unrestrained, so they begin to imitate it. I think another reason may be that their parents smoke. Teenagers watch their parents smoke every day. Over time, they become imperceptible and start smoking themselves.
Enrique:
ReplyDeleteI think the reason why teenagers start smoking is because of the social pressure to look cool with their friends, I would say that's one of the main reasons or they are just curious to try it and when they try it they like it and they can't stop smoking.
Damir:
ReplyDeleteI think teenagers start to smoke because they think they’re cool and trying to show off. But they don’t realize that cigarettes are so bad for everything not just for lungs but the whole body and it can damage you financially and it can be very very addictive, I know some people and relatives who cannot get off of cigarettes and sometimes they start to shake. It is very sad that more and more teenagers smoke.
Dani:
ReplyDeleteI think because they saw it from other people and they think that because they young and it’s can’t be harmful for them. They think they would look cool or maybe older, but some teenagers say that they are smoking because they are stressed but I think it’s the worst solution to start smoking because of that.
Nick:
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of reasons why teenagers start to smoke. Personally I think the main reason is
curiosity; a lot of teenagers just know about smoking from their friends, and instantly want to try
at least once. The bad thing is that they can get addicted to cigarettes even after the first try.
The second thing that is a very good reason to start smoking so early is trying to feel like an
adult and trying to impress others. Most people live in friend groups ,and it is very common that
at least one member of a group smokes. Automatically you also wanna try to not be out of the
group ,but if you do so, all of your friends start to give you more and more ,and that just simply
makes people (especially teenagers) smoke. I personally never got a cigarette in my mouth
because I just know how easy it is to get addicted, and what happens after you smoke.
Edward:
ReplyDeleteI think the reason why smokers started smoking is to be cool with other people, and they want to try things that adults usually do. If an adult is a smoker, their son will see them as an example and start copying what their parents did. Moreover, kids try to be cool nowadays by smoking is also a significant problem. Children saw adults and actors in the movie, there is a smoking scene, and they try to smoke to show their friends that they are mature than other
Vittorio:
ReplyDeleteUsually the smokers started as kids when they probably weren’t even old enough to smoke. Besides, everyone knows now how smoking is bad for the body. So the question is, why do teenagers start smoking. I think that teenagers start to smoke to feel older. In fact smoking is a thing dedicated only to adults. Also to try new things, but after a while they start to take it as a habit and they start to become addicted.
Kohei:
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, they are recommended to smoke by other people who are older than they are. And then, teenagers think if it's only one, it's fine. They start smoking. But they can't stop. Also, they might think it's cool to smoke. As another reason, if their parents also smoke, they might give them cigarettes. I've heard that if you get stressed out so much, to avoid that stress, they start to smoke. I believe it's really important to control myself.
Ayla:
ReplyDeleteWell I think they mostly start smoking because influences, mostly from the friends, but if all your family is a smoker the most probable thing that will happen is that you smoke too, and in the case from the friends, same thing of the family, but also they might pressure you in to it, or even you might think that if you do it you are cool