There is a huge problem with smoking because it cause different kinds of cancers. The problem that society has to address is teen smoking, people that are not even old enough to buy the cigarettes that they are smoking. Some teens think that it is peer pressure, low self-esteem, wanting to be cool, keeping weight down, Joe Camel and the Marlboro man and other advertising and promotions, smoking by actors on television and in movies, parental smoking, defiance of adults and authority, and the teenager's view that the health consequences of smoking are a long way off.. I can go on and on about the reason that teens should not smoke. But this is what society needs to stop before it gets out of hand and then all of our young children are smoking.
             Nearly all first use of tobacco occurs before high school graduation. If we can keep people from using tobacco when they are teenagers, most people will never start using tobacco. People who begin to smoke at a young age are more likely to be an adult smoker. Furthermore, young people who start smoking at an earlier age are more likely to
             develop long-term nicotine addiction than people who start later. Boys have more of a chance to smoke because it make them feel older and more mature. "Boys about 15%
             were more likely than girls about 12% to use some form of tobacco" (American Cancer Society). Another fact is "more than 80% of teenagers who smoke have a C average or less" (morey p.171) in school.
             To get our teenagers to stop smoking we have to start with the parents. Parents are the first thing a child will look at if the parent is smoking then the child will probely start because, he or she thinks in their head that it is ok if I smoke because my parents are smoking. Some solutions have been made and are in affect like no smoking in public restaurants or even some public places; that is one law in Florida. Some other solutions are teaching teens abo
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