Teen Smoking

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reasons: They want to be part of a peer group, while rejecting
society and its norms. They want to reach out and rebel at the same
time."(Roberts 38) Tobacco companies spend four billion dollars each year in
advertising and promotional costs and claim there is no health risk. Six hundred
thousand people die every year from smoking related illness, and others quit.
Teenagers are not concerned about their health. The tobacco industry tries to
appeal to the youth. The earlier kids get hooked, the more secure the companies'
sales are. "For the tobacco industry, these youngsters are an essential source
of new customers. While cigarette makers deny it, advertising and promotion of
youthful smoking clearly helped attract the attention of teens. The rate of
youthful smoking dropped steadily from 1976 until 1984, then leveled off--just
as cigarette companies boosted promotional budgets."(Roberts 38)

Availability of cigarettes for minors is easier than one might think. Children
have access ...

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