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

Amongst young people, smoking has become very common in

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era. Many

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young

kids today think it is very fashionable or trendy to smoke cigarettes which is one

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major reasons for its popularity. The answer to address

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issue is to bring about awareness amongst

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youngsters about its negative impacts in later stages

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life. Smoking has been a very common

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amongst adults

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a long time,

however

nowdays

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, we can see

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trend spreading amongst the younger generations as well. One of the major reasons for the

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smoking amongst the youth is the status it gives them amongst their peers of being considered "very cool" and on the

otherhand

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other hand

, the easy

availabilty

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availability

of cigarettes all over the place without proper regulatory

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laws

lawyers

on smoking for minors. Speaking out of personal experience, I was a victim who fell prey to the smoking trend back in

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, where we all considered the students who smoked to be more daring and cool amongst us,

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, under peer pressure I picked up the habit of smoking and many more followed my steps. The possible

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to overcome

this

epidemic of smoking amongst

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highschool

high school

students is to properly educate them about the future effects it could have on their health and how

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various other aspects of their life. There must be dedicated workshops in schools to address

such

critical issues amongst students like smoking.

For example

, youngsters can be taken to cancer

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to show the patients who are currently suffering from smoking or have

celebrety

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celebrity

visits who have overcome

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habit and who have considerable influence over the youth. These are some of the methods to counter

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wide spread

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of

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smoking.

To sum up

, the mentality of the younger generation towards smoking must be changed by

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of strategic educational methodologies and passing strict laws towards under aged smoking to prevent the kids fall victim to

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contagious trend of smoking.