If you ask how long he has smoked, you will find out that he started when he was eleven. By now, he is an addicted smoker. If you ask him why he smokes,he will probably say that he enjoys it. It seems to me that the causes for teen smoking are more complex. More specifically, they have more to do with the ambiguous role of teenagers in society.
Teenage smoking is by personal insecurity, a desire to be like adults, and peer pressure.
The cause of teenage smoking is the personal insecurity young people often feel. They are at a difficult age. They are no longer children, the ways in which they have behaved in the past are inappropriate. This conflict can feelings of insecurity , if children want attention from their parents or a toy or sweet, they can cry to draw attention to their desires. Often , the teenager does not know how to act his or her age.