Nicotine adversely affects the human body of any age. True, people rarely think about it, so that cigarette sales continue to grow. The causes of smoking of underage children are not clear to many people, and it is in those years that people are most susceptible to the destruction of internal organs. Perhaps, the increase in the number of smoking teenagers is of interest to all people, so this issue should be given special attention.
There are several reasons for smoking underage children. The statistics ambiguously set them by the number of people, so each of them will be interesting. Although it is possible to limit the enumeration of reasons somewhat, turning solely to the moral and educational aspect of the issue, leaving a serious trace on the behavior of children and their attitude towards smoking.
Attitudes of the surrounding children
The first reason smoking teenagers need to be called the attitude of people around. Everyone knows that underage children are sensitive to the views of their peers. They constantly try to rise in their eyes, so that by means of popularity one can achieve some goal. The most common goals remain leadership and girls. Because of them, there is a need to separate from the crowd, so that children begin to smoke at an early age. At the same time, they gradually increase their own popularity, as they commit prohibited actions.
Perhaps this is an unpleasant reason for smoking minors, however, it still remains one of the main. A teenager does not understand that he commits a serious mistake. Everyone around them, proud of smoking, does not affect the future career or life of underage children. They will disappear in a past life, like a terrible dream, although it is not so easy to forget it.
Example of senior
Evaluation of the surrounding minor children plays an important role in the development of the child. However, there is another reason for smoking - an example of older ones. In practice, it is proved that a huge number of teenagers are starting precisely because of this. Children see how a father or mother is constantly smoking, in their opinion, the process delivers tremendous pleasure. Naturally, they are interested in trying to understand what smoking is.
The example of the elders is the worst reason for smoking teenagers. In this case, explaining the incorrectness of the act is much more difficult. And there is another unpleasant side, concerning the adult. Parents are not always an ideal and an example for a minor child. Yes, this is due to education, but all the same, general education institutions do not allow avoiding harmful consequences. For example, a teacher, a senior comrade or a famous actor turns into an object of imitation. His behavior and attitude towards people around him become a goal, so that parents go to the background.
Thus, the example of "ideal" is the most pernicious reason for the beginning of smoking of a minor child. To correct the consequences is much harder than in any other cases, as well as to predict the prerequisites. It is impossible to completely protect a child from the outside world, so finding a source of smoking in his life is very difficult.
The habit of surrounding people
Parents are not always an example of imitation of underage children. Their denial of upbringing and even the slightest impact easily builds a wall in the relationship. Nevertheless, smoking still penetrates through it. The reason is the habit of surrounding people.
Surely some people noticed how parents smoke, walking along the street with a baby stroller. Here is the first mistake in education, because even at a young age the child perceives the world around him. Further, worse, some parents consider smoking to be normal, so they can set fire to a cigarette at home, right in front of their child. What happens afterwards? A minor child imagines smoking not as a pernicious habit, but as the ordinary life of any person. He first takes a cigarette and never thinks about the consequences, since he got used to nicotine from childhood.