I have figure out that nowadays a lot of teenagers smoke. I
believe that most of them knows that
smoking causes cancer, emphysema, and heart disease; that it can shorten their
lives by 10 years or more; and that the habit can cost a smoker thousands of
dollars a year. Even though they know this, why do they still try it and do not
quit?
Well, according to a 2014
survey of 40000 to 50000 students in 8th, 10th and 12th grade, 8 percent of
teens at 400 secondary schools in the United States reported smoking cigarettes
in the month prior to answering the questionnaire. This is kind of
understandable because young people always want to try things that adults do.
However, why can't they quit? Then answer is - addiction. Smoking is a hard habit to break
because tobacco contains nicotine, which is highly addictive. Like heroin or
other addictive drugs, the body and mind quickly become so used to the nicotine
in cigarettes that a person needs to have it just to feel normal.
People start smoking for
a variety of different reasons. Some think it looks cool. Others start because
their family members or friends smoke. Statistics show that about 9 out of 10
tobacco users start before they're 18 years old. Most adults who started
smoking in their teens never expected to become addicted. That's why people say
it's just so much easier to not start smoking at all.
For those teenagers who want to try it, here is a video I found on YouTube.
DON'T FOLLOW THE CROWD
THINK FOR YOURSELF
SAY NO TO SMOKING!!
Wow, the blog is very convincing, with all those data and images. Although I don't smoking, after reading the blog, I probably never will. In addition, I have to say that the commercial you found is so creative, your can actually put more of them in the blog, that will even more convincing and interesting.
ReplyDeleteYo Jisu. How do you know students smoke only because they think smoking is cool. I heard that smoking can mitigate one's stress which is common among students. Smoking can also make one forget the hunger, as I read on an article written by a Chinese student who was so poor that he did not have money to buy enough food.
ReplyDeleteTo be mean, I think you need to research thoroughly before you even talk about teenager smoking, since what you write in this post are just some cliches.
Hey Leo, in this blog post, I am not mainly talking about "Teenagers smoke because they think smoking is cool." The reason why I think in this way is that students all know that the smoking is bad, and there are some other ways to relieve their stress. Also, smoking can make one forget the hunger? Yeah, only in extreme cases like that of the Chinese student.
DeleteJisu, try to smoke when you are hungry, and you will know.
DeleteI think most students know the harm of smoking which is always printed on the cigarettes package, but they still choose to smoke. How would you persuade them in this case?
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