Teen smoking has always been a factor in America, especially during High School. That is when teens are most likely to pick up the habit (Teen Smokers PG 13). We are constantly around people that smoke and usually offered cigarettes when they do smoke. If smoking is so bad for you then why do so many teens smoke? Because they don't know how bad it is for them. In this essay there will be facts presented that may help change ones mind about lighting up their next cigarette, teen or adult.
If smoking is so bad for you then why do so many teens smoke? The main reason is peer pressure. Seven out of Ten teens said that if one of their friends offered them a cigarette then they would smoke it (Womanize Health Ma). This is called peer pressure most teens have already been through one form or another of Peer pressure weather it me to do drugs or cigarettes its
Some people wonder what are the long-term effects of smoking. A recent study conducted by People Magazine shows that smoking takes off one year of your life for every 10 years a smoker smokes (assuming the average smoker consumes 10 cigarettes per day). This is bad news for people over 60, it means they have already taken 6 years or more off of their life depending on how much they have smoked over their years.
Another reason smoking is bad for you is that it was proven in 1996 that smoking may cause depression among teens."The prevention and reduction of cigarette smoking by adolescents could be an important intervention against depression, according to a National Research Council survey"(The Medical Post). A national research council telephoned almost eight thousand teen's thrower the United States. Their studies showed that teen smokers are more lik
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