Causes of smoking among adolescents.

This essay seeks to identify the risks of smoking among adolescents. It seem from the social and environmental factors. While aspects of the risk of dependence is seen from the health factors. In this age of sophistication, many young people unashamedly smoking in public place. This phenomenon is common to see in various situations and complete some school clothes. Various campaigns are carried out by the government to prevent youths from being involved into the habit of smoking. The campaign is carried out either through the print media, electronic media and the dissemination of posters. This shows the seriousness of the problem of smoking among teenagers today. Adolescent smoking is also regardless of whether no-smoking signs are at educational institutions or in public places. This habit should be stopped to create healthy young adults for the sake of national development in the near future.

The main source that causes teen smoking is the attitude of parents who give to much freedom to their children. The attitude of parents cause their children to feel depressed. Teenagers today are not the same as teenagers before, they will rebel if parents dominate their lives. Parents should let their young children make their own decisions. This is because by letting them, not only will they be more independent and learn to make the right decisions in their lives but may reduce the pressure faced by the children. Parents also should not give too much freedom to their children. This allows the children to become wild and uncontrolled. Such cases will contribute to the problems of smoking among adolescents. Parents should be required to balance off between providing freedom and controling their children to avoid unhealthy problems.

In addition to parents dominating to giving too much freedom to their children, the influence of friends is also a factor that contributes to the problems of smoking among adolescents. Many youths, especially school students admit that they smoke because of the influence of peers. They follow other foot steps and think that smoking is not something bad or illegal. There are also some who honestly admit that they feel bored with the work load as a student and smoke. If  it examined, it appears most of these students are those who are lazy and they did not master the skills of writing, reading, and arithmetic. As such, they easily  point fingers at others. Parents are being targeted for blame because it is said that parents who smoke will cause your child to follow in their footsteps.

The effect of smoking is, smoking debilitates the body and mind, rather than recharging it. Smokers not only endanger their own health but also harm those exposed to smoke. The short-term effect on those exposed to cigarette smoke is the smell, aching eyes, nose and throat, headache and cough. The long-term effects, they will have disrupted lung function. For those who have health problems such as allergies, asthma, heart disease and lung, the risk is worse. It should be realized smoking is a waste of money, as well as a source of fire from discarded cigarette butts indiscriminately, as well as the underlying causes of air pollution.

In essence, addiction is not only harmful to the body and soul but also a source of various diseases. It is unfortunate if teens think that they will be more stylish and looks more grown up when smoking. The reason is simply wrong because smoking really does not bring any good but nurtures  prolonged addiction.