Teens and Smoking
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If yes, than why do you smoke?
Smoking amongst teenagers is an addiction that has its root in the development of impatience and lack of endurance among school children due to excessive pressure in schools and home. The young generation switches over to tobacco intake as a socially accepted and recommended activity. The desire to catch attention is the major factor in contributing towards the increase in teenage smokers.
The pressure on teenagers comes from all quarters: school, family expectations and social expectations.
Causes of teenage smoking:
- Emotional: the emotional constitution in some children is unable to hold the disturbances affecting their life. Usually kids suffering some family problems with their parents undergo an emotional disbalance.
- Mental: some students try to suppress their inferiority complex regarding their incapability to perform well in school by taking up smoking as compensation. This attracts the attention of their friends in school which further prompts them to continue with smoking.
- Family pressure: often the expectations from family can lead kids to take up smoke. Nicotine is a stress reliever. Nicotine readily mixes with bloodstream and triggers the production of sugar which gradually pacifies mind and body.
Other factors contributing to the usage of tobacco by teenagers:
- They start because their friends persuaded them to smoke.
- They get tempted towards it as it is prohibited in schools.
- Teenagers get influenced by their favorite sports star or actor who smokes.
- To act as a stud among their friends, and gain attention among friends.
Harmful effects of smoking:
- Respiratory problems: teenagers start facing problem in inhaling and exhaling as it blocks your respiratory system. Teenagers habituated to nicotine usually suffer from regular coughing and faster breathing.
- Physical problems: studies have proved that nicotine and tar when induced into blood hampers the proper flow of blood. Nicotine and tar present in tobacco can even decrease the retention capacity of a person’s mind. A study has proved that nicotine increases the chances of brain diseases. It even causes trouble in hearing, increases olfactory diseases other than the chances of cancer and bronchitis.
Easiest approach to quit smoking:
- Individual decision: instead of reading the warning on the cigarette pack start applying it personally. It solely depends on ones determination and will power. If you are insistent on leaving nicotine nothing can stop you.
- Counselors: a specialist advice if one is a chain smoker and is ready to spend time and money in the fee of the counselor. You will be advised to follow a therapy; you will be asked to quit smoking immediately as your session begins with the expert. It is a difficult and tedious method.
- Acupuncture: it is a traditional Chinese healing technique in which needles are pierced to stimulate pressure and energy points in the body which decrease the cravings for nicotine
- Hypnosis: it is a technique which should be followed with proper medical advice; this method is used to lessen your desire for nicotine
- Tablets: today market is flooded with different lines of product which claim to aid you in quitting cigarette. However various studies claim that consumption of tablets without consulting doctor is harmful. Tablets may trigger some hormone which can cause some physical or mental distortion.
- Smoke deter: this nicotine craving relief is a homeopathic product which has revolutionized the market with its inception. This is safe and reasonable. Its combination of stress free chemicals decreases ill effects caused by quitting nicotine.
Think carefully before choosing the method to be used in vanishing cigarette craving. Remember it should contain natural ingredients to fight against the hazards of smoking.
About the Author
Viveca is a specialist dealing with patients suffering from nicotine cravings and temptations. She is studying the emotional and mental behavior of smokers with regard to their determination to quit smoking. Her study recommends a natural and safe method in helping smokers to quit nicotine. Nicotine addicts are usually scared from the post smoking effects of nicotine, which is taken care by a new line of product launched by Smoke Deter (www.smokedeter.com).
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