Young Age of Smokers

Smoking youth is a big issue that affects countries worldwide and is becoming increased dangerous. Actually, there is just little amount of people who tried their first cigarette as an adult. Unfortunately, most of smokers are startint to smoke well before they reach eighteen years old mark. According to the association's survey, 15.8 percent of the high school students smoke habitually, and 22.5 percent would consider trying it. In addition, based on Viscusi’s research of ‘Thirty-Day Prevalence of Cigarette Use by Teenagers, 1975– 1996’, Teenager smokers occupied an overwhelming high rate. It showed the trend of youth smokers:(2002,p.178) ‘These smoking rates are about half of the smoking rates for adults, but nevertheless indicate that a substantial portion of the high school senior population does in fact smoke cigarettes on a regular basis. Moreover, the upward trend in smoking a half pack of cigarettes per day seems to be greater than that for more occasional cigarette use.’In general, the rate of youth smokers is continuous increasing, despite public support, laws and policies which was

implimented just to reduce young people smoking.

Newest researches shows that teenage smoking has now became less popular than back in the days and it is continioursly decreasing, but the problem still stays that some people are starting to smoke at the age of 12 or younger