“Come on mate just one, we all are. You scared or something?
What is one going to do anyway?” The problem is if this teenage
boy accepts that cigarette he would be a part of the 6,000
people below the age of 18 in America to start smoking in that
day. 2,000 of those teens will keep smoking. That’s 800,000 new
teen smokers every year that are inhaling 4,000 chemical
compounds into their body, 40 of them are cancer causing agents
and it’s all passed through just one cigarette. That teen could
potentially join the 396,000 smokers who started as teens that
die each year from smoking, and that’s only in America. So
that’s what one cigarette could do. So Why Do Teenagers Smoke?
Teenagers can start smoking as a result of peer pressure.
Feeling weak if they don’t accept a cigarette or fear of
rejection can be felt by the teen. Quit Victoria executive
director; Fiona Sharkie says that “smoking is part of
socialization.” Social groups are where peer pressure occurs and
therefore sometimes smoking. Peer pressure is one