what percentage of teenagers smoke cigarettes compared to the 1970’s ?
February 4th, 2010 | by Dad |
Michael S asked:
i read that 65 percent of teenagers smoked around 1975.we smoked openly with our parents and even some of our teachers in high school.nobody asked for id back then and it wasn’t illegal to sell cigarettes to minors that i know of.i remember buying cigarettes for my father in elementary school.i have a 14 year old daughter and i’ve seen some of her friends smoking around the neighborhood but no indication that she smokes yet.my wife and i quit years ago and we don’t want our daughter taking it up.thanks for any opinions.
i read that 65 percent of teenagers smoked around 1975.we smoked openly with our parents and even some of our teachers in high school.nobody asked for id back then and it wasn’t illegal to sell cigarettes to minors that i know of.i remember buying cigarettes for my father in elementary school.i have a 14 year old daughter and i’ve seen some of her friends smoking around the neighborhood but no indication that she smokes yet.my wife and i quit years ago and we don’t want our daughter taking it up.thanks for any opinions.
One Response to “what percentage of teenagers smoke cigarettes compared to the 1970’s ?”
By Joshua H on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply
It’s lower, but a lot of kids still smoke. What happens will of course be your daughter’s choice, but you might want to ask her what her friends are doing (more likely to yield results than asking about her own activities) and tell her how much you hope she won’t make the same mistake you did and start. What parents think really does have an effect on their kids, as long as they believe it’s genuine rather than hysterical or hypocritical and don’t think it’s being forced down their throats.
The good news is that like adults kids now have much more negative attitudes towards smoking than they used to. That makes it a lot easier for a kid like your daughter to say “no” to her friends.