Adolescent Smoking
I chose to write about the trend in adolescent smoking. The reason I chose to write about this is because I am a smoker and am currently trying to quit. My parents are smokers though my father quit for approximately ten years and started back shortly after I graduated high school. I smoked my first cigarette (if I remember correctly) when I was 18 and out of Basic Training and had never had one before, however I did occasionally smoke a cigar with the boys while playing cards after a hard night of studying. I am now twenty-six years old and am currently struggling to quit this nuisance. I was able to kick the habit when I was twenty-two or so, for about two years but regressed due to "stress" (not a good excuse), and unfortunately have not been able, or wanted to quit until recently. As I think back to my younger years, I try to remember what made me want to smoke. I don't think it was to fit in or to be cool. I don't think it was my parents, they always told me not to smoke (of course) and would have beat me mercilessly while they forced me to smoke cigarette after cigarette after cigarette... if I had been caught, but I didn't smoke at that time. I'm sure it wasn't television commercials, because I don't remember seeing any
In retrospect I suppose that was intended to show us the horrors that the smoke could do to our lungs, but all I thought at the time was "I can't believe she is getting away with that. 14) It is said that there is a direct correlation between the household income and smoking. Some research suggests that it might be a right of passage into adulthood, "trying cigarettes is looked upon as a sign of growing up. Parents from a lower income home may work more than one job and are not able to spend much quality time as the executive parents who can take paid sick days off. I would like to comment on the socioeconomic element, in which, I agree with to a certain extent. The pleasures come with a heavy price tag. I think I started smoking out of sheer boredom while I was in the military. "Sociodemographic (socioeconomic), environmental, behavioral, and personal factors can encourage the onset of tobacco use among adolescents. It also increases the risk of lung cancer and respiratory diseases such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Smoking increases heart rate and blood pressure and carries an increased risk of heart disease. This excerpt came from the National Cancer Institutes "Smoking and Tobacco Monograph" and will, to some extent, bring light upon the afore mentioned situation: "To assist schools in providing the most effective tobacco-use prevention programs, the CDC (1994) developed Guidelines for School Health Programs to Prevent Tobacco Use and Addiction. Parental tobacco use does not appear to be as compelling a risk as peer use; on the other hand parents may exert a positive influence by disapproving of smoking, being involved in children's free time, discussing health matters with children and encouraging children's academic achievement and school involvement".
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