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Smoking is gaining widespread popularity among the youth. Discuss the reasons for this problem and give workable solutions.

#popularity #youth
Many times it is considered that youth are getting more involved and influenced in smoking and it has become
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popular among the same. I have mentioned some viewpoints which
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 for
this
 cause and possible ways to solve it.
First
 of all, it should be very well accepted that media plays a vital role in completing the chain to widespread
this
 trend and
also
 acts as
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 to boost the reach and effectiveness. Another reason to highlight is
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the failure
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 of government regulations for
sale
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the sale
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 of cigarettes to
under-age
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 candidates. Many young hot minds of the generation blindly
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 the trend and in fear to be left outdated they jump into the boat not knowing where
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 headed.
For example
, in a group of 5 students, 1 non-smoking personnel will
definetly
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definitely
 get influenced by
other
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 4 smoking individuals, which can be termed as nothing else but a
chain-reaction
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. Coming to a solutions point of view, we should be aware that popularity is the end result and not the root cause. So if in order
reduce
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 the rate of the widespread we should target the influencing agents and dilute them in any means possible which reduces the effect to others.
This
 includes taking legal actions against any form of media that supports promoting smoking, well-formed government regulations and laws, and the most important thing of all viz. taking care of yourself against ill-minded approaching mass of people. In conclusion,
this
 popularity which is harmful to people more than beneficient can be contained through
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 course of actions.
Submitted by Aditya Mehta on

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