Why do teenagers think that smoking is cool?

Question

Why do teenagers think that smoking is cool?

Answer 1

cuz it looks appealing...and not every one smokes cuz its "cool"

Answer 2

They think it makes them look grown up when in actual fact it makes them look like cheap, immature sheep baaaa anyone?

Answer 3

cuz they are mad

Answer 4

lol i dunno why, a really good frined of mine, she's 14 and she started smoking just cos her bf smoked :''(  and now she's broken up with him and wants to stop, but can't, cos she's like 10 a day :(

Answer 5

Those are the foolish ones who succumb to peer pressure or the bad influence of their parents who smoke.

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Good for you on quitting smoking Sarah.

Answer 6

i think that most of them actually hate it. they just want to look cool and hard and be accepted by their peers and in the gangs. sad isnt it /

sacred W.......... i think i just stepped in your brain, it was lying on the pavement in the street,. you do know u get fined for messing in the street dont you.

Answer 7

i hate ignorant people.

Answer 8

i totally hate when teenagers do that!

it's gross!

i would never date a guy who smokes cigarettes.

i hate finding out that my friends smoke because then i am just like, "Okay, won't be hanging out with you anymore..."

yeah...

i mean, teenagers can be curious and try it once, but who would want to continue?

Answer 9

Because the big guys smoke and they think "wow, he's cool, Let's try and smoke"

Peace

Answer 10

Because it is

Answer 11

To teens its glamorous and cool. Some people get wise as they get older and realize its very damaging to their health, while some others keep the addiction for life !i

Answer 12

idk.

i'm a teen and i don't smoke.

the only thing that kinda makes me want to smoke is becuase it smells good (in my opinion)

i know a lot of friends that smoke.

I think they just like it becuase it's illegal for them to smoke at that age, and they get a high off of doing something that they're not supposed to do. (and i guess that translates into being 'cool')

But thats just my suggestion as to why

i'm probably not going to start smoking though, just because i know that i get addicted to things easily and i know the effects of it.

Answer 13

Y'know, we have so many people smoking on the streets, that even though I'm not a smoker, everytime I smell smoke, I LIKE the smell. It's not good. I don't want to get addicted. So now, I just stop breathing and walk away from the smoking person, coz smoking is so bad for your health.

Answer 14

hey don't tell 'teenagers'! not all teenagers think it's coo0l. i am one and i don't. it's not good.

why??

according to what i studied; a teenager is always stressed and feels lonely and smoking and drinking gives them temporary joy and they seem to like the joy and they feel that it helps to overcome the stress. that's what i studied.  this could also happen due to peer pressure. as a child enters into the late adolsent age(ie,15-18) they become rebelious and naturally HATE rules. they'll do everything but follow rules. they would go against what's good and do the bad. and so they smoke.

this is what i studied .

Answer 15

To impress their friends.

There is no other reason to smoke.

Back in the day, people didn't know the bad affects of smoking, they became addicted and couldn't find a way out.

In our generation, there's no excuse.

We know the affects of smoking.

We know if you smoke, you will die.

Read the general's warning.

Smoking CAUSES lung cancer.

Not IT MIGHT

Not IT COULD.

But kids are stupid, they don't have strong personalities. They'd rather follow the crowd than set an example.

They're insecure.

They make up lame excuses.

But no, it's because they wanna look cool.

But they look stupid, and they'll look even worse when their parents are burying them for the sake of 'peer pressure'.

The native american's used to smoke as a ritual, like once a year or something, right?

When white people saw that they adopted tobacco and nicotene, and turned it into something stylish.

They didn't know it was killing them.

The native americans did, and they said,

Our revenge on the white man for stealing our land and resources is that we left them adoring this Tobacco.

And it's killing them.

Seriously, people need to buff up.

Be a leader not a follower.

I'm seeing more and more 15 and 16 year olds with grey skin and yellow teeth and thinning hair.

May God Guide them.

And Give them Strength to keep away from harming themselves.

Answer 16

To make a reputation, be a "REBEL" and be considered cool.

I think its disgusting....they should be shown what damages it can do to the lungs (BLack Lungs) and whats actually in the stuff (GRoss)

Answer 17

Its not Cool Its Addicting !

Answer 18

im a teenager...n i dont...but yes most of them do for some strange reason

Answer 19

Tv and Movies...they make it look cool

Unfortunately, they don't show the consequences...

Answer 20

because they are idiots whose minds are immature cuz we've drilled thet topic SMOKING IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH a trillion times in their minds but they just don't get it

whatever if you make bad decisions you will have to suffer the consequences

Answer 21

because their mind is small ... they see their elders do smoking..they find it cool..... they start smoking for looking cool... but in the end smoking become their habbit.