Smoking Tobacco is becoming increasingly popular among young people with potentially serious effects on their health. Explain some reasons for this problem and suggest possible solutions

Despite the warning label on

cigarettes

packet that smokers are liable to die young, smoking

tobacco

has become a trend among adolescents in recent years. Factors responsible for

this

include peer influence as well as easy

accessibility

to

tobacco

. While the solution requires the collective efforts of the

government

and healthcare

professionals

.

Further

explanation

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the causes and solutions to

this

global challenge will be discussed in

this

essay. To start with, peer influence is a key factor responsible for the rise in popularity of smoking

cigarettes

among young adults.

This

means that many adolescents smoke

tobacco

because they have friends who are smoking and they want to belong .

For instance

, in a survey carried out in Nigeria among college students, more than half of them claimed they smoke because they have friends who smoke.

In addition

to

this

, the easy

accessibility

to

tobacco

is another contributory factor to the increasing trend .

This

means that

tobacco

is readily available and accessible to young people.

For example

in Nigeria,

tobacco

is not expensive

therefore

anyone can afford it.

This

has made smoking

tobacco

popular among all age groups.

Next

, resolving

this

global challenge requires the efforts of the

government

and healthcare

professionals

. The

government

should increase the tax paid by

tobacco

companies.

This

will make

cigarettes

expensive thereby minimizing

its

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accessibility

. Moreso, a ban should be placed on selling

cigarettes

to young people and disciplinary measures to be effected on violators. Health-care

professionals

are to create more awareness of the various health implications of

tobacco

such

as heart disease and lung cancer,

this

will help to enlighten people and enable them to make healthy choices. In conclusion, the recent rise in the population of

tobacco

smokers can be attributed to peer influence and easy

accessibility

to

tobacco

while the way forward requires the collective efforts of the

government

and healthcare

professionals

.

This

will go a long way in reducing the number of smokers and prevent them from becoming a burden to the health sector in the future.