http://www.mendeley.com/research/smoking-peer-groups-results-longitudinal-qualitative-study-young-people-northern-ireland/
I think smoking has been a problem for our youth for a long time now. The question is why do kids smoke when they know how bad it can be for their health? well what i got from this article, was they do it to fit in. There has been a lot of research on how conforming to groups is an instict for humans. I think kids smoking just to fit into a group is a real problem. We all know how hard it can be to fit in as an adolesent, and it is sad that kids feel they have to smoke to become part of/ or stay in a group weather it is actually pressured on them or not.Kids having ciggeretes and being able to share with other members of the group, can make them more liked among the group. I think the problem with adolesent group smokers, may be it leading other drugs. Comforming is a natural huuman instict, I think the only way to minimize group smoking would be to make it "uncool" for the groups.
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I too think that it is due to the types of people that a teen may hang out with. I also believe that kids are more likely to smoke if they see it as OK through their parents. If a parent smokes or engages in a behavior that is seen as "bad" or risky, a child is more likely to engage in it too. Another aspect is the addictive aspect of smoking. I have heard, and believe it to be true, that cigarettes are one of the hardest habits to break because of the nicotine and other chemicals that are put in cigarettes, not to mention the actual habit of lighting up and inhaling. I know for me, that I detested my parents smoking and vowed to never take it up, but did. I did it to fit in when I started college, and the addictive quality never crossed my mind. I figured I could stop any time I wanted, and that it was not a big deal, but it has been.
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