1. Peer Pressure
Whether it be one's parents or maybe peer pressure and the cultural activities that one grows up with, the factors are different for everyone but the long-term results are damaging to anyone. ... In the long run this harms your nervous system, heart, and blood vessels and causes high blood pressure, which is detrimental to your body and your health. ... Most experts, however, say the most powerful determinants of smoking are parents, peers and older siblings - not advertising. ... So we find that pressures of personal and social influences surrounding someone are the main factors tha...
SMOKING Smoking, is it a social issue or a health problem? Smoking has been almost a required social behavior through out the ages, but today the major issue is the health problem smoking causes to smokers and non-smokers. In this report, I will discuss the socia...
The purpose of "The Real Cost" campaign is to educate teens about the harmful effects of tobacco use. Their goal is to reduce the number of teens who experiment with smoking and become lifelong tobacco users. This ad was an educational ad released in order to try and prevent smoking in the United St...
Why Teenagers Start Smoking I started smoking when I was thirteen years old. Based on my experience, I have come up with a few reasons why teenagers start smoking. The main reasons I have noticed in peer pressure and family influences. When you are young all you wor...
After 20 minutes your blood pressure drops to a level close to that before the last cigarette. ... Most teens begin to smoke because of peer pressure or curiosity, but they are unaware of the long term effects the nicotine will have on them. ...
Why has cigarette smoking increased in today's generation? You go out and you see people of all ages; starting from ten and even younger to 70 years of age smoking. It seems to have become an epidemic, and the reason for this is simple. Peer pressure, stress and trying to live up the image of bei...
Exposure and peer pressure also have an effect on how people get started, but by controlling yourself in the early stages, you can defeat smoking before it even happens. ... Nicole Evans, from the Journal of National Cancer Institute said, "Tobacco marketing may be a stronger influence in encouraging adolescents to initiate the smoking uptake process than exposure to peer or family smokers." ...
For a long time now many people have different view about smoking in public places and in other places. In my opinion, I believe that smoking should be completely banned. Not only is smoking any form of tobacco dangerous to you health, but it is also bad for the health of those around you. Do most...
