Even though teens know not to smoke, more and more teens start each day.  They all say smoking relieves their stress. Adults have to try to help teens reduce stress and maybe the smoking rates will decrease. A reason for teen’s stress is the media and the way they portray how teens should be like.  People have to try to decrease the amount of stress in their lives.  Specifically,  there has been an increase in teenage girls who smoke. Teenagers believe that a cigarette helps them relax when they’re stressed out.  

 

• Some teenagers think that smoking can keep their weight under control.

• Many teens believe that smoking calms their nerves when it actually releases a hormone that causes stress. 

• One third of young people, who are experimenting with cigarette smoking, will become addicted by the time they are 20 years old.

• Teenagers smoke because the tobacco companies have been successful in associating smoking with independence, freedom, rebellion, and a key for weight loss.

• Every cigarette that you smoke takes an average of 5 - 20 minutes off your life.

• Remember kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray

 

  

Sources:

EBSCOhost - Tips For Teen Smoking                                 

More Teen  Girls Smoking - http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/03/27/women/smoking.02/index.html

Smoking: Cutting Through the Hype - http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/tobacco/smoking_p2.html