Teenage smoking

when teenagers live in an area where crime, gangs, and violence is prevalent, they might find smoking to be their only way out. Teenagers might also start to smoke because of peer pressure. Teens might come across a group of friends who suddenly won't accept them as part of their group unless they smoke. Scared to become exiled and deemed a loser they feel they have no choice but to smoke to remain in the in-crowd. Another reason is curiosity. Another reason is that their family member s might smoke and see their family as a role model and might begin to believe that smoking is a good thing. Or their family might not be attentive with them and are looking for attention and decide to take up smoking in order to receive that attention. Friends are also a major influence in whether a teenager smokes or not because their friends encourages them that its the "cool" thing that everyone is doing and they should try it in order to be"cool."