The main reason why smoking is very rampant is because of media and most especially peer pressure.
Before World War I, tobacco was smoked mainly in the form of cigars and primarily by the wealthy. Cigarettes, which were basically leftovers of the cigar making process, were used by the less fortunate.
When the mass production of tobacco bloomed, cigarette smokers also increased in number. Most of these users were soldiers of the First World War. Naturally, after the war, the production of cigarettes also increased.
In my research, I discovered ads from JAMA - The Journal of the American Medical Association that promoted various brands. One ad pictured a military doctor promoting Camels. Wow! Not only are you being patriotic by using them but a doctor is promoting the brand. I am sure this ad influenced many to smoke, especially military men and women. If your peer was a soldier next to you that was using them, don't you think that would have a powerful influence on you?
Another JAMA ad was telling about how much better you will feel if you use the Chesterfield brand. This is what ads are doing; they try to convince you to use the product.
I knew that AMA did not do anything about this though they knew that evidences that smoking was really dangerous to health and could cause lung cancers was very imminent. Could it be that money was involves here?
Smoking has been very prevalent in the movies and especially in the 1950s and 1960s, on television. Even the actors were advertising various brands in commercials during a TV show. They made it seem classy and romantic.
You might also remember the Marlboro guy (the rugged cowboy) there were many who actually portrayed that role. And some of them died because of lung cancer.
The tobacco companies have not been telling the truth for many years about the harmful effects of Nicotine and smoking. Luckily we were given enough information about these things and made some restrictions on cigarette ads.
If people around you are fund of smoking, there will be a chance that you will develop this habit too. An environment that goes easy on smoking has a possibility of producing large numbers of smokers. You will not want to be left out and want to be called uncool and become unaccepted in a group so you try what they are doing. This is peer pressure at work.
If you have been smoking for a number of years already, you may notice that you have already formed bondage in cigarette smoking. You will find them to give you comfort and calmness in times of stress. It becomes now a part of your life, thus making peer pressure stronger. Giving up smoking would feel like losing a friend.
The best solution to this is finding an activity which will develop friendship. You can look at these people in sports, work, hobby groups and in church. It is very essential for you to go with people who do not smoke but still they are able to create happiness in life. - 14130
Before World War I, tobacco was smoked mainly in the form of cigars and primarily by the wealthy. Cigarettes, which were basically leftovers of the cigar making process, were used by the less fortunate.
When the mass production of tobacco bloomed, cigarette smokers also increased in number. Most of these users were soldiers of the First World War. Naturally, after the war, the production of cigarettes also increased.
In my research, I discovered ads from JAMA - The Journal of the American Medical Association that promoted various brands. One ad pictured a military doctor promoting Camels. Wow! Not only are you being patriotic by using them but a doctor is promoting the brand. I am sure this ad influenced many to smoke, especially military men and women. If your peer was a soldier next to you that was using them, don't you think that would have a powerful influence on you?
Another JAMA ad was telling about how much better you will feel if you use the Chesterfield brand. This is what ads are doing; they try to convince you to use the product.
I knew that AMA did not do anything about this though they knew that evidences that smoking was really dangerous to health and could cause lung cancers was very imminent. Could it be that money was involves here?
Smoking has been very prevalent in the movies and especially in the 1950s and 1960s, on television. Even the actors were advertising various brands in commercials during a TV show. They made it seem classy and romantic.
You might also remember the Marlboro guy (the rugged cowboy) there were many who actually portrayed that role. And some of them died because of lung cancer.
The tobacco companies have not been telling the truth for many years about the harmful effects of Nicotine and smoking. Luckily we were given enough information about these things and made some restrictions on cigarette ads.
If people around you are fund of smoking, there will be a chance that you will develop this habit too. An environment that goes easy on smoking has a possibility of producing large numbers of smokers. You will not want to be left out and want to be called uncool and become unaccepted in a group so you try what they are doing. This is peer pressure at work.
If you have been smoking for a number of years already, you may notice that you have already formed bondage in cigarette smoking. You will find them to give you comfort and calmness in times of stress. It becomes now a part of your life, thus making peer pressure stronger. Giving up smoking would feel like losing a friend.
The best solution to this is finding an activity which will develop friendship. You can look at these people in sports, work, hobby groups and in church. It is very essential for you to go with people who do not smoke but still they are able to create happiness in life. - 14130
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