An unexpected cause of Smoking among teenagers

Why teenagers start to smoke? It turned out that the main reason for this is not desire to look older, and stress.

It is considered that Teens are attracted to cigarettes and alcohol because of the desire to look older, or just imitating their elders. However, the new study, researchers from Anglia Ruskin University in the UK showed that a major factor in teen Smoking is stress. Another reason was the boredom that surprised the authors of the study. They found that 70% of adolescents from poor neighborhoods began Smoking under stress. If the financial situation of their families sometimes a little more resistant, the number to smoke due to stress fell to 62.6%.

Too often, Teens are attracted to cigarettes simply because of the boredom and desire something to occupy themselves. Smoking helped them socialize, that is, to communicate and to feel equal with other members of their society who prefer cigarettes. Overall, it is stress is the biggest cause of teenage Smoking, even taking into account the financial situation of the family of the adolescent. This information should be taken into account by professionals involved in the fight against this harmful habit. It is known that the earlier the onset of Smoking is a highly addictive and much more harmful to human health.

If teenagers are suffering so much stress that they begin to smoke, then psychologists need to strengthen and suggest strategies that would be effective in reducing teenage stress. The researchers also propose to use for these purposes, social workers. (READ MORE)