For a lot of older persons who smoke it's because they were raised either by parents who also smoked or because their friends did and because of peer pressure they tried it to fit in. It used to be that the U.S. Army included a number of cigarettes in each service members daily rations when they were over seas.
Peer pressure is still a big part of why kids start smoking today even though there are television ads and education against it. Also, due to the higher cost the is a certain status that comes with smoking as you need to have the money to be able to afford to smoke.Why do you think teenagers start smoking cigarettes in the first place?
I really liked Jacki T's answer the best and everyone else was ok.
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Almost all smokers start when they're teenagers; very few start later in life, though it does happen. This came up in a smoking women's group here in Yahoo that I belong to, and we came up with these reasons:
- thought it was cool, adult, made me feel more mature
- was curious about it
- peer pressure from friends
- peer pressure within family
- met (or married) a smoker
- stress management
- weight management
- it was a dare
- symbol of rebellion
Often, more than one of these reasons will be present when a teenager decides to start smoking. The main reasons adults decide to start smoking are more limited to:
- weight management
- stress management
- met (or married) a smoker
Most teenagers, and even many adults, who start also don't fully understand the possible future consequences of smoking, nor do they understand how powerful the addiction to cigarettes is. And those who decide to start smoking for only a short while to help them resolve something, such as a stressful situation or being overweight, wind up being unable to quit afterwards.
There might be some teens who began smoking because of peer pressure, to look cool, etc. I saw it as something I was old enough to do so I tried it, and in turn, liked it. I had/have 2 best friends who used to be potheads and smoked cigarettes 3 years before I ever did. I can still say that I have never tried pot and started smoking cigarettes and drinking, quite literally, on my own terms. There's no one answer to this question as everyone's different, and above is my reason.
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I think the most problem is for example when they go out with their friends and one of their friends smokes and then he says to another friends just take one come on and after that when he take one he wants to smokes every day and just 1 or 2 or 3 and one day you'll see that one packet is not enough for you.
I am 21 years of age and I have one friend that he is smoking and always he is trying to tell me that just have a smoke for today and then i say to him that no i don't want and also i dint like to smoke.
why anybody should smoke? instead of it they can take fruit and another things which is good for health.
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Well i think all these people who say peer preesure and to fit in or to be cool there all full of bullshit and never did it when they were young
I am at that age and i smoke becasue there is honestly nothing to do, give me something to do and ill stop but its a damn good way to waste time, also the taste isnt half bad so all this is bullshit media that think they know kids but the brats who do do it by pressure are a bunch of bitchs that cant think for themselves
i started smoking because i wanted to know what was so great.
how it tasted, %26amp; ****.
so i tried it, and now i've been smoking for about 3 years.
many people might start to look cool, and they continue that pattern...but some others, like me, tried it for experience. It gave me a good buzz if you smoke it right...so i kept doing it!
Pressure from fellow students who smoke and say it's cool and does no harm. Also they copy their parents who smoke. Anyone who smokes at all is just showing how weak they are in not being able to say no.
mostly because the image put out there by the media advertising and movies they allways look so cool
to fit in
because their parents do it and most kids are curious.
Because cancer is cool
for style mostly.....
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