2. Desire to be accepted. Teenagers start smoking
because their friends smoke.
Desire to break the rules. Young people want to
be independent and “do” what they can’t do.
Desire to be similar to adults. When they smoke,
teenagers feel like adults.
Desire to be “cool”. Teenagers begin smoking
for fun or to be desirable.
3.
4. Teens usually start smoking between the
age of 13 and 18, but hardly even after
the age of 20: this means that there is a
difference between the “teenage
mind” and the “adult mind”.
5. The teenage mind isn’t rational and
the difference can be expressed whit
this two example:
- Teenage way of thinking: “Most of my
friends smoke and if I don’t start I want to
be cool enough.”
- Adult way of thinking: “Even if most of my
friends smoke, I don’t really care.”
6. The real problem is that smoking causes
addiction and adult smokers really want to
be quit because smoking is one of the main
causes of lung cancer. They also realise
how difficult it is to stop. Yet, teenagers
seem to disregard what they are told
about smoking and give more importance
to “being cool”.
7. In conclusion, if you start smoking as a
teenagers you risk adopting an
addictive habit that is unwanted,
unhealthy and expensive.
