|
* To be cool
* To relieve stress
* Peer pressure
* To look older
* To lose weight
* They think it's glamorous
* Depression
* Anxiety
* Low self-esteem
* For a boost: mental of physical
* Relaxation
*Teens continue to smoke because they get addicted to Nicotine (like a drug)
*A study of 16,000 children, ages 9 to 14, recently found that youngsters who want to lose weight are more likely to experiment with cigarettes, according to one of the study's authors, Dr. Alison Field of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Children at MOST risk for Tobacco use:
- have parents, siblings, or friends who smoke
- exhibit characteristics such as toughness and acting grown up
- deny the harmful effects of tobacco
- have fewer coping skills and smoke to alleviate stress
- have poor self esteem and depression
- have poor academic performance, especially girls
- are very influenced by advertisements that relate cigarette smoking to being thin and/or suffer from eating disorders
|
