Why do teens smoke cigarettes?

Why do teens smoke cigarettes? PLEASE explain








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Why do teens smoke cigarettes?
makes them look cool.. and they are addicting!


peer pressure.. lack of info about how disgusting they are.








http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/smokein...





http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/tobaccos...





i started then stopped thankfully they gave me severe headaches and turned me off them! but my boyfriend is quite addicted .. and so is my mom and my stepdad .. and his parents .. and some friends of mine are to. they do it to look "cool" its soo not cool to turn your teeth yellow your fingers yellowy orange.. your lungs black to look like your 30 when your 20.. to cough all the time. to have a raspy voice. or smell like a smokey prostitute....sexy.......... very sick!





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Reply:because they see their friends doing it so they do.


then they get addicted and they cant qiut.


thats what happened to me.
Reply:Of course, they wouldnt do it for no reason. Either they see all their friends doing it, and they want to do it , so they can still be friends with them and be "cool". Or they just want to taste it and see what it feels like I guess. To experimnet. Just to tell you i will NeVeR** smoke! =]
Reply:some people grow up around it and thats all that they know. some do it to look kool and some try them and get hooked. theres really not just one explanation for why but theres a couple of reasons.
Reply:To be 'cool'... Which they are NOT. But hey, let 'em screw up their lungs... By the time they realize they were wrong they have screwed it up already...





MHO: Don't even start. Be smarter than the average smoking teen.





I'm 15, have never smoked, never tried, never had drugs and I don't drink and you bet I am proud of that.
Reply:i think it is just because it is seen as the 'thing to do'. all your friends do it, and you think it looks good. also people are curious 2 what i is like. u try it and think it is good, and makes you look good. by the time you realise how nasty it is, and try to quit you are addicted =(.


that is from my personal experience, and how me and my friends started.
Reply:i forget why i started.


but then you get cravings.


and i've been really stressed lately and getting the "buy me a pack of newports" attitude.
Reply:teenagers smoke cigarettes because they think its cool.


well really, theres absolutely nothing cool about smoking


some teeenagers do it to fit in, because if they dont they call them bad names and make fun of them, but those few teenagers who say no are the smartest ones there and the correct ones because all it does is make ur lungs black


and risking getting lung cancer and many other stuff.





teenagers also do it cause they dont know the risks of doing it so they start smoking and it becomes addictive because of the nicotean in it.





teenagers smoke too because if they see their friends doing it who have been smoking for a while or every time they hang out they smoke, and they say hey why not have me try it, my friends dont seem to have a problem








teens are careless these days and it should stop
Reply:it makes them look older and cool and their friends are smoking so they want to fit in. i hate cigarettes, i tried smoking cigarettes and i hated it so i never did again. some of my friends smoke and they want me to try it again but i wont cause i dont like cigarettes. i am not against smoking, i smoke just not cigarettes, i just think they are gross and expensive and i dont know why so many people smoke other than that it is addictive.
Reply:Because they think its cool or something,


Smoking is for losers.


Why do adults smoke?
Reply:- Peer pressure


- "Every body's doing it." (which is not true)


- It makes them look cool.


- It also makes them look 'older'.


- It's addicting %26amp; hard to stop.





I'm out of reasons! =(
Reply:to be cool, and to have a bad boy or girl reputation
Reply:everyone that says we do it " to fit in" can go blow themselves.


why do adults do it? huh?.


we do it because it releives stress and probably for the same reason adults do.
Reply:Why do adults smoke?
Reply:because of peer pressure. thats the only reason. i mean i smoke and im 15, my friends dad smokes and we just started one day. and i have always had freinds with parents that smoke, and i smoked my first cigg at 8 years old. i never had another one till last year, but im trying to quit. i started dipping. which is still bad but my lungs wont die.
Reply:I don't believe that there is a specific reason!
Reply:There are multiple reasons why.


- They may be pressured into it.


- Stress


- They're curious


- They might think they'll have a better social life if they start.


- They may think it makes them mature. etc..


The nicotine in the cigarettes keeps them addicted to it, so then it's hard for them to stop. But in the long run, it can end up ruining your life.


I've tried it before, but I thought it was dreadful.
Reply:its addicting and if they try it once tehy get attached.


I guess someone once tried it casue they thought it looked cool then they got attached and it keeps going on like that.


When i was 10 my parents gave me a puff of one so that i wouldn't like it when i'm older


and i don't


It was gross; and


I coughed alot.
Reply:Some do it because there friends do it or to look cool. Some times it's to rebel..Some do it because they think it alters the effect of drugs or when they drink.





People pretty much start because friends//family. Then they get addicted.
Reply:Same reason adults smoke cigarettes.
Reply:Why does anyone smoke cigarettes?
Reply:I think it is absolutely disgusting that people smoke! They do it to be 'cool'...What is cool, really?
Reply:truthfully. it's that little secret type of thing. And it kind of gives you a rush from doing something your not suposed to do. Also if your really stressed out it gives you a feeling of relief. im 13 and i do it sometimes.Its kind of sortof like....a break from everything. it may be hard to understand but if you did it you would completely get what i mean
Reply:I started at 13 and regret it because now at almost 17, I'm still smoking. I have to quit though because I am pregnant. I started because they were there and easy to access (my mom smokes) and because my friend that also got me on pot smoked and had them.