Do your friends smoke?
Recent studies have shown that most individuals pick up the smoking habit during their teen age. It also says that if these individuals have friends who smoke, then the rate of smoking increases dramatically. This is real cause for concern. Health agencies must mull over the fact that despite their best efforts more and more youths are falling prey to this horrible habit. One of the frequent reasons that have been given for picking up this deadly habit, since the beginning, has been peer pressure. Human beings have always felt the need to be accepted, to be acknowledged to be a part of the group. When, some of the group members take up smoking, the others feel a strong urge to follow suit. In fact, most smokers don’t force their friends to take up this habit-they do it of their own accord. These youths must be made to realize how harmful smoking is, not only to themselves but to also others around him. They must also realize that none of the chain smokers started out by smoking so many packs a day. All of them started out as casual/social smokers. In fact, most of them don’t even know when they crossed the line. Hence, it is very important to avoid that initial urge to smoke one puff.
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