Peer group pressure is an inadequate account of adolescent smoking and drinking and alternative analysis has valuable implications for health education. The ability to talk openly with at least one parent is associated with lower levels of substance use, but no evidence was found that openness with a close friend or perceived pressure from friends was related to substance use. Peer networks and students' classroom engagement during childhood and adolescence. Youth social networks have a more powerful influence on motivation than teachers, and changing friendships provide opportunities for youth to learn valuable skills. The outreach assisted peer-support model for controlling drug dependency.
Peers help to stop, control and reduce the harm of using illegal drugs.
A survey of peer programs in the state of Washington revealed that while such programs are widely used, many are supervised by persons by who were not professional counsellors and this appears to relate to student suicide rates. The rate of decline in smoking prevalence has slowed and the authors attribute the slow down to increased tobacco advertising and inadequate tobacco education efforts. Life experiences, a belief in the effectiveness of peer health education, and positive reinforcement were significant factors in decisions to volunteer. Peer perceptions of adolescent health behaviors. Traits that adolescents want to develop must be understood in order to design effective health education programs.