The use of tobacco is addictive. Most users develop tolerance for nicotine and need greater amounts to produce a desired effect. Cigarettes are highly addictive. How and why people got addicted in the first place Smoking is a disease that begins in childhood. Every day another 3000 young people become regular smokers.
Many adolescents take up smoking as an experiment during their adventurous years.
This experimentation usually becomes an addiction Although young people may be aware of the dangers associated with smoking, they don't think it can happen to them. Others are driven into it by peer pressure and influence. It makes them feel more adult, more beautiful, more macho, and even more rebellious towards the older generation. Young people are the tobacco industry's biggest source of NEW customers, replacing adults who have quit or died because of their habit. The influence of tobacco advertising on young people cannot be underestimated.