People know that smoking is harmful to the body and if long-term is even life threatening but it seems nobody heeds the warning.

    Yes, smoking is a harmful habit and makes one addicted once they start doing it. However, what are the reasons why people still continue to smoke? These people know the harmful and if long term, even life threatening effects of smoking but it seems nobody heeds the warning.

    The number of teenagers smoking today has increased tremendously. Their parents do their best to stop them from starting the habit, however, most of them are unsuccessful. Teenagers experience a feeling of isolation. It is the time that they are confused which role to take in society. Most of them usually have identity crisis at this age and smoking makes them feel better. Once they start smoking, they soon love the feeling of contentment it brings them. Thus, they continue doing it. Peer pressure is also a great factor to this. A teenager would like to belong to a group. Being alone and no friends when you are a teenager is hard. Having some people to support you and accompany you in any social activity feels great. At this stage, teenagers feel their parents don't understand them. Everything that their parents tell them and do is against their will. They still can't understand all the things their parents are doing for them which are for their own good. Those who are non-smokers are often convinced by smokers to engage in this activity. Usually, they would smoke and drink overnight. Teenagers feel that if they won't join the group, they would lose their friends and will be left alone in which they don't want to happen. This is the reason why they continue smoking to be accepted by them. Later in life when they finally decide to stop, it becomes hard as they are already addicted to it.

    There are also some people who smoke because of the nature of their jobs. Those who work in a very cold area or at sea, smoke to keep their bodies warm. At this time, smoking brings them good benefits. Call center agents and those who work at night love drinking their favorite cup of coffee and smoking at the same time while waiting for their shift at work. This is to keep them awake and attentive to answering their clients and finishing their assigned task. However, they don't consider the long term ill effects of smoking. Smoking is addictive.

    Smokers are also those who are experiencing feelings of depression. They find it hard to face the challenges life brings most especially if their problems are too hard to handle. They feel that what can make them feel better is by smoking and drinking. Yes, it is true that smoking could make them feel better but it is just a temporary feeling of relief.

    眾所周知，吸煙有害健康，而且時間長了甚至對生命造成威脅，然而，似乎沒有人在乎這些警告。

    是的，吸煙是一個壞習慣并且一旦你開了個頭就會對它上癮。話又說回來，到底是什么原因使人們仍舊繼續抽煙呢？這些人明知道吸煙是有害的并且時間長了將危害生命但似乎并沒有人在乎這個。

    如今青少年吸煙者的數量大大增加了。他們的父母盡最大努力防止他們養成這種陋習，然而大多數都以失敗告終。青少年飽嘗了一種孤立感。在這個時期內，他們所扮演的社會角色使他們感到困惑迷茫。他們中的大多數在這個年齡段都有自我認識的危機，而抽煙恰能使他們感覺良好。一旦他們有了第一次，他們很快喜歡上了抽煙所帶來的滿足感。因此，他們不斷地繼續。同齡壓力也是一個很重要的因素。青少年喜歡群體生活，當你作為一位青少年時孤獨沒有朋友是很難過的。那種在任何社會活動中都有人支持有人陪伴的感覺是相當棒的。在這一階段，青少年們覺得他們的父母不理解自己。父母告訴他們的以及讓他們做的所有事都與他們的想法背道而馳。他們也不會理解父母所做的事其實是都是為了他們好。那些不吸煙的孩子們也會受到吸煙者的影響，加入這項活動中。通常他們都是徹夜地吸煙喝酒。青少年們認為，如果他們不加入這個群體，他們將會失去朋友，被眾人孤立，這是他們不愿看到的。這就是他們一直吸煙并被眾人所接受的原因。在后來的生活中當他們最終想要戒掉時，他們發現那是很難的，因為他們早已有癮了。

    也有一部分人吸煙是由于工作的性質。那些在很冷的地方或者在海洋中工作的人們用煙來保持溫暖。這個時候，吸煙便是有好處的。呼叫中心在夜間上班的人喜歡在等待換班的同時抽抽煙，喝杯他們最愛的咖啡，這是為了讓自己保持清醒，精神集中，以便應對客戶的電話以及完成工作任務。然而，他們并不承認長時間抽煙是有害的。確實，吸煙是會上癮的。

    那些充滿絕望感的人們也是吸煙者的一個群體。他們發現生活所帶來的挑戰實在是太艱難了，尤其是當困難過于棘手時。他們覺得，只有吸煙飲酒才能使他們感覺好過一些。是的，吸煙確實能令他們感覺良好，但，這只是暫時的爽快而已。