Choose Life, Quit Smoking
(ABDUL)
Smoking and its ill effects has taken center stage once again after a ban on smoking on screen was proposed by the Union Health Minister following the promos of Don showing Shah Rukh Khan exhaling a pouch-full of smoke. Why do people smoke when it is so bad for them? That is a question that everybody will most likely ask themselves. There is no definite answer, but there are some leads. People smoke because of the way cigarettes are advertised and where they are shown. People also smoke because they believe smoking will make them act, look, and/or feel different. Women who work are more likely to smoke than housewives, or women in households with a low family income. In addition, children from households where the parents and siblings smoke may learn the habit more frequently than children in smoke free homes. Advertising techniques are one of the main reasons that people begin to smoke. Cigarette companies claim not to target young kids, but that is very untrue. Have you ever seen a billboard with normal, middle aged person smoking? Do they show people with stained teeth, wrinkled faces, and a large cloud of smoke hovering over their heads - the direct results of smoking? I think not. When you teach teenagers the dangers of smoking, it has a limited effect. They already know its bad for them. Peer influence seems to play an important role in smoking. Teenagers who have close friends who smoke are more likely to be smokers themselves. Smoking may be viewed as a forbidden adult behavior, or even an act of defiance to authority figures. It?s a teenager's common impression that smoking helps you make friends and makes you more desirable. Another reason why people start smoking could be from living with people who smoke. Children who grow up with smokers take up the habit more frequently then those who grow up in a smoke-free home. The Health Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services revealed this as a fact. Peer pressure is a major influence among teenagers in our society. Young adults who have friends who take up the habit tend to start themselves.
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