No matter what you may be competing with, you can still be the greatest influence in your child's life. Talk about television, movies and magazines Point out advertisements about smoking. Ask your child what the company really has in mind. Talk about shortness of breath and lack of endurance smoking could cause. Point out that smoking causes bad breath, smelly clothes and hair, stained fingers and teeth, and hair loss.
Smokers are sick more often than others, and often have colds, coughs or asthma.
In the long run, smoking can cause cancer, heart and lung disease. Smoking can shorten the length of your life. Most teens don't smoke. Less than one-third of Nova Scotians smoke. Every 13 seconds someone in the world dies because they were a smoker.