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Smoking
Causes - How It All Starts
Nobody becomes
a smoker as a result of will power. In fact it is the other way round. Can
you imagine somebody as a child making up his or her mind that when he or
she grows up he or she will become a chain smoker determined to smoke at
least 30 cigarettes a day?
Nobody
in his or her normal senses would do that.
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Then
why do so many people become smokers? Let us sit and think
about it for a minute. Of course there are a lot of other reasons
like the ones I have listed below but I would like to pin point
to one specific reason, which I have added, at the end of the
list.
Many,
in fact most people become smokers as a result of an experiment.
What often starts as an experiment becomes an experience and
before they know it, it becomes a pattern. So let us examine
some of the factors that contribute towards making a person
a smoker, chain or other wise.
Peer
pressure. One bad apple is enough to make a whole barrel
of apples bad. And during the age of thoughtless youth (most
people develop the habit before the age of 25) every one
is ready to take up a dare. So when peers compel others to
take a puff, one just has to take a puff or else face the
danger of being branded as “chicken” or “goody-two-shoes.”
Availability. Cigarettes
are available every where and almost any body can get them
and that is one major factor that contributes to the development
of the habit. Another reason is that cigarettes are so damn
cheap!
Aping. Movie
stars and other celebrities who smoke look so cool, and this
is more than enough reason for youngsters to start smoking
just to copy their matinee idol.
The
Feel Good Syndrome. Cigarettes are often identified with
the “cool factor” and so it is a great way to impress others
if you can delicately balance the cigarette between two of
your fingers and blow up a puff of smoke while you are in
your friends' circle.
Stress
busters. Cigarettes are often wrongly identified as stress
busters and one of the best ways of driving away sleep. So
when we see others resorting to the habit, we are tempted
and even coaxed into taking a puff. If one parent smokes
there is a 25% chance that the child too will grow up into
a smoker. If both parents smoke, there is a 75% chance that
the child will become a smoker.
Attitude. This
is a good one, but strangely enough this cause is seldom identified
as one of the reasons for picking up the habit. One thing about
most of us is that there is a rebellious strain in all of us.
There is something in us that generates an urge to protest
against existing rules and norms and during our teenage, what
better way to express our defiance than by sporting a lighted
cigarette between our fingers or lips.
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