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We know about the dangers of smoking either a cigar or cigarette can have a devastating impact on our health. However, kids need to learn from adults that smoking is not cool nor is it a good idea. Studies show that when kids start smoking at a young age, they have a greater chance of getting addicted to the nicotine until the day they die. We want to prevent that to ever happen to the younger generation because they are our future.
First of all, if you are currently smoking, the best way to protect them is to try to quit smoking. And yes. It is hard but by using the kids as the reason why can help motivate you to be a better person. In most cases, they learn to smoke by seeing their parents or adults that do. And kids see everything and copy what the parents do especially when they do not know any better. And the sad fact is that most of them will end up smoking one before they turn 18. And as parents, it is best to be their teacher in order to educate them the dangers of cigarettes.
How to educate kids the dangers of smoking is to show them some materials such as pictures, information from some reliable sources and some people f succeed or the kids to talk to that is able to quit smoking. Sometimes, some people needed input from others in order to be more effective and not just hearing it from parents. Unfortunately, peer pressure from others can convince someone to get started by smoking and that’s how some teens get started with smoking cigarettes. Have some pictures out on your computer and ask them what they think about it. By asking them questions about it, you are able to gauge on whether they know to start smoking or not.
And as parents, you are their teacher and it is your job to protect and educate them of what not to do such as smoking. If your kid is not interested in smoking, you are doing great.
