What Makes Youth Smoke?

I think the adults and the media give a wrong conception for the young people that smoking is a cool behavior. And the young people like to learn from it because they want to be different. Perhaps this is why they start to try to smoke. I love China

Some young people smoke because they want to look old. Some old smoke because they want to look young. Some smoke bacause they want to look cool and brave. Some just want to be merely addicted with smoking.

I simply think it is the environment they are in. Basically peer pressure. Not they are being forced into it just a way to be part of the crowd. It is unfortunate but more and more youths are being pressured into a great many things they know from the start is wrong, but they do so anyways, like you said to be cool.

Honestly i dont know. Maybe because they see their mates doing it or they perceived it as a culture. Theres nothing there,it would only damage their lungs and maybe eventually kill them. its like pulling the trigger at your own head . i used to be one but i had to stop. i can say i havnt done that in 1yr now and i am so happy about it.

i started smoke becouse i knew that my parents don't want me to, and was my way to show them that if i want i can do it nomatter what they think.VERY STUPID, i know, and now i find myself in the possition that i can not find enough strenght and enought reasons to quit

I've already smoked when I was only 11. And I remember that I used to do this because I wanted attention of other people.I wanted to be 'awesome' to people, but time teached me that smoking is not the best way of doing so. I haven't screwed myself but I clearly damaged something in my body that will NEVER heal again.