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The rates of smoking among youngsters are still higher than those of adults. Smoking among teenagers and adolescents generate big significant health problems including coughing, shortness of breath, making of phlegm, reduced physical strength etc. It affected lungs growth and function, and overall health.

Smoking is very dangerous and unsafe. They take smoking and think that they are someone special or dangerous. In result they can become addicted. They also report addictions to other substances, such as alcohol, tobacco or drugs. Teens use tobacco as a form of release.

The beginning of smoking is influenced by having a friend, who smokes regularly. Risk factors indicate that teens start smoking by per pressure. In other word memberships in pro-social teenagers groups reduce teens likelihood to begin smoking.

The teens smokers often do not it in the school. They do not think that they are a member of school and are isolated from those who are active in sports, music or study. Most of them feel they have little hope of going to college or getting a job after high school.

If you are teen is smoking, these suggestions to help them kick the habit:

* Find out the main region of your child why he takes smoking. Your preteen or teen may want to be accepted by friends, or he or she might want your attention.

* If you smoke, try to quit and be supportive both you and your teen.

* Do not use tobacco in teens presence and do not offer it to them.

* Talk directly to teens about the risks of tobacco use. If any relatives suffer with or died from tobacco-related illnesses, let your teens know it strains the heart, effecting the lungs, and can cause a lot of other problems

There are some medicines and therapy that prevent smoking:

Nicotine inhaler is used to help teens for a stop smoking. It is used regularly for up to six months as part of a stop-smoking course.

Nicotine chewing gum is an additional solution which used to help people stop smoking cigarettes. It acts as a replacement spoken activity.

Nicotine chewing gum has a source of nicotine that reduces the removal symptoms experienced when smoking is stopped.

Nicotine replacement therapy is available for teenagers trying to quit smoking.


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