Stereotypes Of Teen Smoking

Cigarette companies use trends, age, culture, and other things to hook a person to their product. The companies mainly target teens because of their ignorance and teens who get addicted that young will likely be customers for life. Tobacco is promoted on almost every television network and 1/3 of adolescent experimentation with smoking results from the advertising. (Tobacco Free Broome and Tioga) Not only are cigarettes promoted on TV, but their promoted throughout everyone’s lifestyle. Maybe a role model you have, maybe one of your parents, or maybe a celebrity you enjoy following... any one of these people could smoke and the mindset of many is, “if they’re doing it, so can I”. Mike Magee smoked his first L&M cigarette when he nine years old, his parents smoked and kept cigarettes in the house and therefore they were accessible. He and his siblings said that learning how to smoke was

Tobacco companies advertise in magazines, promote their products in convenience stores and market their brands through websites and social networks. Many of these tobacco industries get publicity and attract more young customers when using the newly in media to promote their products. Many of these tobacco companies don’t understand that tobacco advertising is a huge public health issue that increases smoking. Tobacco company advertising and promoting is the start of the use of tobacco among teenagers. Now, these media and magazine advertisements about cigars have caused teenagers to be exposed to cigarette advertising. Not only that but also these teenagers find ads appealing and also increase their desire to smoke. Cigarette companies spent about $8.37 billion on advertising and promotional expenses in the United States in 2011.

John Marsden, the author of Tomorrow, When the War Began once said about teenagers: “I believe passionately in their strength, intelligence and abilities and I think we often underestimate their capabilities.” The way society and the media negatively perceive young teenagers does not necessarily represent reality. Through Marsden’s popular text, different characters demonstrate several aspects of courage and leadership. As one of the protagonists, Ellie Linton discovers that there is a new potential truth for Australia. The author raises three key concepts about teenage stereotypes by Ellie’s survival during the invasion of a foreign force. John Marsden suggests that she experiences a rapid transformation from a ‘tomboy’ to a hero and is placed in dangerous situations where the consequences are everlasting. Through Ellie’s actions, behaviours and reactions, he also informs the reader about her alters in reality when she learns about the qualities she thought she never had.

The first and most likely reason a teenager begins to chain smoke is a teenager thinks it is “cool” to smoke because they see others smoking. A teenager might also be curious why others smoke or the worst be pressured into smoking by they friends or acquaintances. In a teenagers mind, they think smoking is “cool” because they see it in video games, movies, or their friends smoke. Teenagers wants to fit and be accepted by their peers, so they mimic what their peers are doing even if it is not good for their body. The second reason a person might begin smoking or worse chain smoking is they see in their everyday life. Their close friends, mom, dad, or other family members smoke and since a person is strongly influenced by those closer to them they they smoking is okay. In these cases, people are predisposed to smoking and more likely began to smoke than someone that lives in a smoke-free environment. The third reason a person may began to smoke is stress. People use smoking as a coping method for stress and people say that the nicotine in a cigarette is calming. The nicotine is first inhaled in the lungs then rushes through the bloodstream affecting the entire body and brain. Once the nicotine reaches the brain, it then starts

35.1% of 12th graders have smoked pot in the past year 21.3% of 12th graders have smoked pot in the last 30 days 16.6% of 10th graders have smoked pot in the last 30 days 6% of 12th graders say they use marijuana every day 81% of 12th graders say it would be easy to get marijuana Only 32% of 12th graders feel that regular marijuana use is harmful

In our communities, the youth can easily identified any of tobacco’s product. The author, Steven Reinberg, published , Tobacco Companies Targeting Teens, Study Says, states that the tobacco product, Marlboro, is highly purchased by high school students according to usnews.com. Mr. McGoldrick states that the three brands, 90 percent is being marketed. Most companies hold their ground saying that their tobacco products are not meant to bought by youth, but somehow still managed to in our children’s hands, in his article, Tobacco Companies Targeting Teens, Study Says (steven Reinberg). According to Erin Brodwin, author of “Tobacco Companies Still Target Youth despite A Globally Treaty”, states that children all over the world can identify the tobacco brands. Not only are children picking up their ideas from television, but also from public. Children knowing which brands shows how serious the addiction can be. Seeing how easily the product being shown to the youth is another way of starting. If less smokers are seen in public, the lower the numbers will

Teens smoking has been a public concern for centuries. In a recent article published earlier this year by Fox News, highlighted the rate and risk of teens smoking and the rise of e-cigarettes. One of the main question posed was, why do teens smoke? There is no definite answer,however; a few intelligible explanation has been given. Biology and developmental vulnerability are the few partially reason given. Biology studies shows that, until in their 20s and adolescents Brain is not equate enough to measure and assess assess race and long-term consequences.one reason is that teen are very vulnerable,which makes them an ideal target for cigarrette companies. luckly the federal government has set strict rules that limit tobacco companies who sets

Rebellious, loud, obnoxious, out of control.. Just some of the many stereotypes applied to American teenagers. Even within just walking down the street, you can see fear in mother’s eyes when encountering a teenager. Maybe the boy had longer hair than traditionally accepted by the Western World, or has a piercing on his face, so you walk a little faster, hold your bag a little tighter. It doesn’t matter that this 17 year old has a 4.0 GPA, just got accepted into Yale and has never broken a law in his life, all the outside world sees is his piercings, his hair and of course, his age. And what if a policeman sees him? It doesnt matter what he’s doing, he’ll get stopped and searched, same as a wanted criminal would.

The things I disagree with is that some teens smoke because they think it is cool, or because they look up to the person they see smoking. The worst thing is they do not even think about the consequences. They are damaging their bodies inside and out. Additionally, some might disagree with teens who smoke just to relieve stress I mean they are many other ways to get rid of stress. For instance, they can just take a nap, drink some tea, or take a bubble bath to relieve stress.

Here, advertisements moved away from being short films as seen in the 60’s and focused solely on their sales pitch. A lot of commercials still kept the couples romance theme, but added a catchy song along with a nice jingle that pulled in the viewers’ attention. Other companies decided to include coupons that could be used to purchase other retail items at a discounted price to draw in customers. During the 90’s cigarette companies were forced to make the consumer aware of the hazardous issues cigarettes could cause but were still pretty amazing to smoke. Even with customers knowing the harm cigarettes could do to your health, people still had the urge contaminate their bodies for a puff of nicotine. Around this decade one company decided to throw a new product into the tobacco business by selling something to help people give up the bad habit of smoking. Little did they know, this product would change the tobacco market over the next few

The environment can be a cause. Teenagers like to get the cigarettes off the ground, which is really nasty. Teenagers also get it from mom or dads car, purse, or wherever the parents keep their cigarettes. So, therefore people should stop littering and parents shouldn’t let the kids see you smoke. Teenagers have a less access to cigarettes. Teenagers could find “drug plants” in the woods and start taking from there and lighting it up.

Advertising for tobacco is another source that cause teenagers smoke and adults smoke. Recently, tobacco companies have found new ways to promote their products to youth. They support their sporting events, concerts and movie. Many people favor idols or stars smoke in the movies and they seems very cool. And Teenagers are curious about imitation. Smoke containing nicotine acts as a stimulant to the brain. Nicotine in the bloodstream acts to make the smoker feel calm. In fact, nicotine is a lethal poison, affecting the heart, blood vessels, and hormones. Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemical compounds. More than 60 of these are known or suspected to cause cancer. What is more, secondhand smoke can be harmful in many ways and it ruins thousands of non-smoking people, children's health. The US Surgeon General and the US Food and Drug Administration are among those who have examined the evidence and concluded that tobacco advertising does increase overall consumption. If we ban adverts on tobacco products, they will gradually lose their appeal, because they won't symbolize anything "cool", "smart" or "amazing". Tobacco products will become ordinary consumption goods and thus the number of young people who take up smoking in order to "be somebody" will decrease.

Teenage smoking can be a result of the influence of other teens, or maybe the amount of peer pressure. This can cause a teen to want to smoke or even think about smoking (Alcid, Arthur, page 1). Statistics show that 794 student and 22.4 percent of teens claimed to be tobacco users. (Alcid, Arthur, page 1). Teens tend to be more abrasive when smoking, and seem to act different while smoking and once they have gotten into the habit of smoking make it a constant thing. In 2003, 21.9 percent of high school students currently smoke cigarettes (Alcid, Arthur, page 1).

These teens may think that smoking shows that they are old enough to make their own decisions.

The author Rachel Kranz in “Straight Talk About Smoking,’ states, “Smoking more means that Lynette has less to spend on pizza and after-school snacks, because she’s got to make sure she can afford three or four packs of cigarettes each week.” (Kranz). Peer pressure to smoke can also be a way of teenagers proving that they are mature. Maturity is something that all teenagers have been told to obtain; especially by adults. The legal smoking age in most states is twenty-one, and most adults do smoke. Teenagers think that they can feel more grown up when they smoke and fit in society. Kaz Vorpal in the book of “Teen Smoking,’” states, “Adults do certain things, and therefore children who do those things feel they are more like grownups.” (Vorpal 66). Movies also contributes to teen smoking by portraying smoking as a cool, pleasurable, and harmless thing. All these factors give the teen a pressure to start smoking and never realize that the Nicotine that is found in the cigarette is addictive and causes major health problems like cancer.