Different nations and different societies have varying starting age of smoking in youngsters, as i myself have travelled to many places in the world. i think the usually the average starting age of smoking is that when a guy enter into the 9th year of his academic education, the late beginning of teenage (15 years) . most of the guys do smoke at this age whether openly or concealing themselves. In the US, 13.
It is estimated that around 8 million people start smoking worldwide each year.
Teens who smoke, are more likely to start drinking alcohol and taking drugs than teens who don't smoke. People who start smoking at a young age, are at a greater risk of getting lung cancer.
why smoking is so hard to stop? why is so addictive? why is so bad for us?
plenty noe but i think it is about 20% of young people are affected in Victoria
because it burns your lungs
-smoking causes respiratory problems that leads to lung cancer
Statistics show that the number of people who begin smoking each day is 80,000 at the low end of the estimate and as many as 100,000 at the upper end of the estimate. The greatest majority of them are children or young adults.
To gain peer approval .
People start smoking because the want to be cool, be just like their friends, or because some puts pressure on them and then they get addicted.
Because they enjoy it.
I started for pleasure and relaxation.
Shortly after they are first ignited?