Teenage Smoking

It is often said that today’s youth is the future of tomorrow. But what if I say that today’s youth cannot bring a healthy future for our country as they themselves are not healthy. A person having healthy mind and healthy body can make our country prosperous and help in moving a step towards advancements. However, today’s young and teenagers are badly affected by this life taking habit called smoking. It is very essential to tell these young kids how badly they arte ruining their career by taking in tobacco everyday. Smoking kills each organ of your body adversely. It causes lung cancer, heart diseases, and other dangerous and harmful body problems.

Causes of teenage smoking
Every year millions of people die because of smoking. The presence of tobacco and a gas called carbon monoxide damages your lungs slowly making it unfit and unhealthy for future. Health experts are trying their level best to curb smoking among teenagers but are finding it tough to do so. After imposing a ban on tobacco ban on cigarette advertisement there is no reduction in the number of smokers. Every cigarette shop contains a banner saying people below 18years are not allowed to smoke but still they are found smoking. What can be the reason for them to smoke?

Generally, the basic cause of teenage smoking is said to be peer pressure. They just feel lacked behind or out of place when they are sitting with their friends in a group and all of them are smoking but not them. According to the survey with psychologists it has been found out that they have a feeling that how their friend is able to hold a cigarette and not them. In the initial stages, they enjoy the thrill of this activity and after sometime it becomes a deadly habit difficult to quit.

For some of them smoking is also a style statement or a new root towards fashion. Influenced by their famous movies and seeing their favorite hero smoke they start smoking. Media has glamorized cigarette smoking to a vast extent. Teenagers want to copy their favorite stars and behave like them in their style. In addition, teenagers who see their parents or adults smoking at an early age also want to take up this habit.It also depend on the family values and cultures. There are some kids also who sit and smoke in front of their adults and some who hide their smoking habit.

Effective ways to help your teenagers quit smoking
One of the most important thing to note here is that don’t ever try to force your teenager to stop smoking the more you pressurize him/her the more he would do it in front of you. Teenage is a very sensitive age and through this age, only the child builds his behavior. Do not try to make him/her aggressive. Be soft, kind, and generous to your child. You need to sit with him and tell him how he is ruining his career and health. Just hold his hand and guide him slowly. Tell him all the ill effects of smoking and how it can harm the working of his entire body.

Your responsibility here is to overcome their cigarette addiction. Shouting at them or yelling at them would not work as they already feel that their parents do not understand them. You need to ask them the reasons as to why they started taking up this habit. Once you talk to them may be you find out any serious reasons just explain them and help him to find an answer to his problems. One of the reason for teenagers to take up smoking is also the fact that they are not aware of its ill effects. Also exlpain to them that how much money they are wasting on smoking if they save that amount what all they can do with that money. Also tell them how difficult it is to get rid of smoking once it comes in their habit. Inform them about the presence of nicotine in cigarettes and what all it does to your brain. How it creates an urge in you for more smoking. Give him or her examples of someone in your family or neighborhood that has been badly affected by smoking.

Lastly, the only suggestion will be that help your child and not force him to stop smoking. You need to do something like that he himself says that I would not smoke from today!

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