The Negative Effects of Smoking in the US

Tobacco is one of the leading causes in the U.S. Individuals can sniff, chew or smoke it. Cigarette smoking kills more than 500,000 people in the United States. According to the CDC, 9 out of 10 teenagers will try smoking before they reach 19. Most teenagers become addicted to it after their first cigarette. Why do teens smoke? What are the negative effects of smoking in the US? Tobacco contains many harmful chemicals. It contains nicotine which makes individuals even love it more. Nicotine is a chemical that contains nitrogen.

In addition to being addictive, it is also poisonous. Every time a person smokes a cigarette, they inhale nicotine which makes the person become addicted to the substance. In the 1900’s cigarettes were created. They were sold as a tobacco product. Study advises that nicotine is as addictive as cocaine, alcohol, alcohol. You can be addicted to nicotine physiologically and physically. Both girls and boys are smoking because they think it is cool.

There are five main reasons why teens smoke. Promotion, peer pressure, image projection, parents and adult aspirations. Many teens get peer pressured into smoking. This usually happens when they go to parties with friends with no adult supervision. They see a friend doing it and sometimes they don’t even want to do it but they get pressured into smoking because everyone else is doing it. They might also do it because they want to try to fit in so that they do not get bullied or harassed. According to the University of Pennsylvania. Having friends who smoke doubles the risk that youth ages 10 to 19 will pick up the habit, Negative influence is another; it is caused by peer pressure or the wrong peer group, which could be friends with a problem in their life that they would rather not say anything about. So it is their behaviors that is a negative influence for other teens, also their adult family members like their parents, aunties, uncles and cousins. They also can pressure teens to do things that they do, for example: when a teen wants to try something, parents motivate them to try it. That’s when teens have negative influence not only by friends but someone close to you that you would never think would do such a thing like pressuring you into something.

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