Nowadays teenagers are widely adopting bad habits, specifically cigarette. This trend is predominantly driven by the bad influence of their surrounding people and suffering from mental dilemma. However, this problem can be effectively addressed by banning cigarette and raising public awareness.
One of the principal causes of smoking from teenage age is influenced by their peer or family members. Young people are highly impressionable and when they see whether their families or in public, they are more likely to seem smoking as a normal or even appealing. Moreover, by watching reels from Facebook or Instagram, they suppose that cigarette showcase their persuasive status. For example, Teen aged people follows persuasive person like Peaky Blinder who smoke as a high status personality which can influence them to start smoking.
Another significant reason why teenagers are getting addicted to cigarette is to relieve from mental pressure due to incomplete love, career pressure, family problem etc. They often suffering from depression and anxiety. As a result,they start smoking as smoking can relieve their depression for while. For example, Researchers have shown that cigarettes hold nicotine that can reduce stress and anxiety.
There are several effective ways to tackle this problem. if government ban cigarette,teenagers cannot purchase cigarette. Even though there are some black market exists, implementing stricter regulations can manage them efficiently. For example in Singapore, smoking in front of public is prohibited which prevents people from smoking. Moreover, raising awareness can make people to recognise the impact of cigarette. For example in Bangladesh many public places like educational institutes, industries, commercial have attached poster which indicates that smoking causes cancer thereby refraining people from smoking.
In conclusion, smoking is a growing trend among teenagers mainly due to suffering from problems and Negative influence by society. Nevertheless, this problems can be substantially combated by prohibiting smoking and creating awareness.