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What are the causes of under age smoking?
by:veronica and maria antonia posted by:veronica and maria antonia
 * ===Peer presure===
 * Family-some people smoke because their parents that smoke are a big influece fot theme or maby because a big part of they'r family smoke so they want to also do it.
 * Curiosity-they want to know how it taste.
 * Advertisement-some people are temted because of cigarret adverticement becuse the adverticements look with joung people like in the beach or in a cool place where they look popular and also they make the cigarret look fresh like with meant flavour or ice and look refreshing so it tempt people to start smoking.

Some children may also begin to smoke if they have low self-esteem. Smoking may get them in with the "in crowd" and help them to make friends. If they smoke, then they will be accepted by their peers.

Some children have said that they smoke to appear older and more grown up, especially if they are surrounded by young adults who smoke.

A number of children are only experimenting with smoking and just want to try it so see what all the fuss is about. As it is prohibited to smoke until the age of sixteen or even eighteen in some countries, children who smoke and get away with it without being caught, can get a thrill or feeling of excitement out of flaunting the law and doing what grown up adults do all the time.

Whatever the reason that a teenager has for starting to smoke, it is apparent that no matter how much you try to tell them that smoking is bad for you, a great number of them are going to try it anyway.

At that age, a teenager is more likely to be influenced by what their friends are doing rather than doing what their parents would like them to do.

Some teenagers may take up smoking because their favourite film star or pop star smokes. They may think that if they smoke just like their favourite idol does, then they will appear more glamorous, attractive or sexy, like them.

The manner in which some tobacco companies advertise their cigarette brands also has a major influence on young people. Some adverts give the impression that smoking is sociable. You can make new friends by smoking or you can attract your ideal partner by looking sexy, sultry and smoky!

Cigarette advertising is being banned in some countries and tobacco companies are becoming limited in where they are allowed to advertise. In some countries they are not permitted to advertise on billboards, television, radio, in magazines or newspapers or on buses or trains. more info: []

Interview to sicologist:

__Survey to batch students__ Question #2: Question: What influenced you to smoke? More popular answer: Curiosity and Friends

Most of the teenagers are smoking at this moment because they were influenced by their friends and the curiosity of seeing everyone around them smoking. When friends start to smoke they normally want everyone around them to do the same as them, when a lot of people start to smoke it starts the curiosity of what they see in the cigarette and once they have tried the cigarrette like is highly addictive they cant stop.

By: Mariana Betancourt