A 1997 study by the Centers for Disease Control noted that 34.7 percent of girls identified themselves as smokers by the 12th grade. 15.7 percent of 34.7 percent smoked frequently and the greater percentage of the new smokers were female. There is the percentage and there is information but one thing is missing and that is the answer to why girls smoke. Hundreds of studies and surveys have tried to answer this question. But no matter

May girls have different view points why they smoke. Some don't even know why or when it started. Magdalena Ilkiewicz a freshman at George Town University made it clear by saying " Once I started I didn't want to stop and I never questioned why I was putting a nasty smelling cigarette in my mouth.....it just felt good". As she goes through the whole college experience a cigarette "calms" her , she said. She claims that it might be the second hand smoke from her parents that she grew up with and it might be the fact that she was week enough to surrender to peer pressure.

Back to pointing fingers. The reason for smoking can be as near as the smokers bedroom. Family members and more likely mothers can be blamed for young smokers. According to a 1994 Columbia University study, girls whose mothers smoked during pregnancy are four times more likely than their peers to start smoking at an early age. Nicotine passes the placental barrier and may develop receptor in the brain that make you feel good. This will turn in to extremely addictive effect

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