smoking

Research shows that approximately five million deaths world-wide every year is caused by smoking. In the UK over 80% smokers start smoking when they are teenagers. With statistics like this what make people smoke? For more statistics visit this web address: http://www.ash.org.uk/

They are so many reasons why people smoke. Below are reasons why people smoke:

Peer pressure: some people smoke especially teenagers because of peer pressure, their peers will be doing it so of they don’t follow what their peer’s do they will feel like cowards or left out.

Availability. Cigarettes are available every where and almost any body can get them and that is one major factor that contributes to the development of the habit. Another reason is that cigarettes are so damn cheap .

Aping. Movie stars and other celebrities who smoke look so cool, and this is more than enough reason for youngsters to start smoking just to copy their matinee idol

The Feel Good Syndrome. Cigarettes are often identified with the "cool factor" and so it is a great way to impress others if you can delicately balance the cigarette between two of your fingers and blow up a puff of smoke while you are in your friends' circle.

Stress busters. Cigarettes are often wrongly identified as stress busters and one of the best ways of driving away sleep. So when we see others resorting to the habit, we are tempted and even coaxed into taking a puff. If one parent smokes there is a 25% chance that the child too will grow up into a smoker. If both parents smoke, there is a 75% chance that the child will become a smoker.

Attitude. This is a good one, but strangely enough this cause is seldom identified as one of the reasons for picking up the habit. One thing about most of us is that there is a rebellious strain in all of us. There is something in us that generates an urge to protest against existing rules and norms and during our teenage, what better way to express our defiance than by sporting a lighted cigarette between our fingers or lips.