When lighting a cigarette, a heavy smoker rarely thinks about the inconvenience and harm he causes to those around him. First of all, this applies to the closest - family. Not everyone is pleased to inhale puffs of “fragrant” smoke, but, unfortunately, not everyone thinks about it, putting their own selfish desires in the first place. And if the family is also faced with such a problem as a smoking child, then panic may already begin. What to do?
How a habit develops
Cigarette smoke is an insidious enemy. Its detrimental effect on the body is not immediately noticeable, unlike a habit that is formed fairly quickly. The desire to smoke arises during nervous tension, after eating and when it becomes boring. The habitual ritual of deep inhaling creates the illusion of employment, cigarette smoke relaxes and soothes. At the same time, nicotine alkaloids, which eventually cause persistent addiction, are deposited on the mucous membranes.respiratory tract and blood vessels penetrate into the brain, where they actively affect the nerve receptors responsible for pleasure. Thus, the psychological causes of a habit are closely intertwined with the physiological ones.
Smoking is a time bomb
From the effects of nicotine, blood vessels constrict, respectively, the nutrition of the brain and internal organs worsens. Vision suffers, the lungs are polluted, there is a "smoker's cough", chronic bronchitis, accompanied by a daily cough with an unpleasant expectoration. In addition to nicotine, tobacco smoke contains a number of resins that have a carcinogenic effect, radioactive polonium, and poisons such as formaldehyde, arsenic, and cyanide. These harmful substances are not completely eliminated from the body, accumulating over time and contributing to the degeneration of he althy cells into cancerous ones. But these processes are rather delayed in time, so no doctor will indicate smoking as the immediate cause of the disease, only as a concomitant factor. The causal relationship seems to be broken, smokers have no fear that their habit will certainly lead to poor he alth.
Passive and active smoking
Smoking can be active, when a person consciously exposes himself to nicotine, and passive, when the product of cigarette combustion is inhaled by people around him. The so-called passive smoking is especially dangerous for babies. Parents who smoke put their children at risk. Often their smokingbecomes the cause of allergic reactions, asthma, chronic bronchitis in their offspring. Even the smell coming from the mouth and from the clothes of the mother who has just smoked a cigarette is harmful to the baby, not to mention the nicotine that he receives with breast milk. During pregnancy, with every puff, a woman provokes an oxygen deficiency in the fetus, which can subsequently negatively affect his mental abilities and cause congenital physical and neuropsychic underdevelopment. Smoking parents in front of a teenager is psychologically addictive to the process, it seems normal and makes the first step to a cigarette easier. There is no need to think that if a he althy child was born to smoking parents, then there will be no problems in the future. Unfortunately, they can occur much later, and not only in the child himself, but also in his descendants.
If a child smokes
Smoking child today, unfortunately, is not a rare phenomenon. Tough morals reign in the teenage environment in order to appear older and cooler, children begin to smoke and use obscene language, try alcohol. Not necessarily a child who smokes will go downhill, but the chances of this increase dramatically. In these children, growth often slows down, the work of the gastrointestinal tract worsens, shortness of breath appears, and the heart rhythm is disturbed. Due to nicotine addiction, first of all, the cerebral blood supply suffers, which sharply reduces its functions. Memory and logical thinking are impaired, concentration and coordination are impaired. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, the hormonal background changes. Teenagerbecomes sharper, more nervous, during puberty there may be problems with underweight or, on the contrary, its excess. Girls often have menstrual irregularities, boys have malfunctions in the reproductive system.
Reasons for early youth smoking
Statistics suggests that children smoke cigarettes for the following reasons:
- Smoking parents or older brothers, sisters. Especially relevant for children from 9 to 12 years old.
- Bad company when teenagers get together and try to drink and smoke together. The problem affects children of various temperaments, ringleaders will be the first to try and will persistently treat friends, and it is difficult for shy and withdrawn children to say no.
- The desire to appear more mature, to earn authority in one's environment.
- If there is a conflict situation at home and the child feels lonely and misunderstood.
- Young girls are often addicted to images of screen stars to get closer to them, they begin to dress more revealingly, use bright makeup, start smoking.
What to do if a child starts smoking
Do you have a smoking child? What to do? No need to yell or hit him, it usually backfires. In a conversation, it is better to use the arguments “I am very upset”, “I am worried” and not “you upset me”, the transition to personalities causes aggression and a desire to defend oneself. Open confrontation rarely gives the desired result, you need to try to gently and imperceptibly switch the interests of the child, bringhim from an undesirable company in which it is customary to smoke. The easiest way to find allies among athletes who adhere to a he althy lifestyle. A good coach and friends in a section or circle can become comrades for many years, and sports will help to develop will and character.
Smoking and children: prevention of harmful habits
On a national scale, the number of children who smoke is simply appalling. We must strive to correct the situation in all ways, replacing bad habits with good ones. The desire to try something new is natural for the child's psyche, the task of adults is to direct energy and curiosity in a timely manner in the right direction. The best prevention of teen bad habits is your own example. Parents should try to lead an active lifestyle, play sports and instill a love for it in children from a very young age. Many people forget about culture, it is another important component of our life. Joint visits to museums, theaters, watching and discussing good movies and reading books, and not occasionally, but regularly. All this will help not to lose points of contact and maintain your own authority in the eyes of the child, create a trusting, deep relationship.
Smoking - no! He alth - yes
In people who smoke, the skin becomes yellowish, the teeth turn black, the mouth and hair smell unpleasant. This bad habit takes a lot of money and free time, which can be used with greater benefit and pleasure. Monetaryeveryone calculates the cost without difficulty, less often they think about time costs, and this is neither more nor less, from 10 to 15 days every year! In addition, due to the constant impact on the nervous system, people who smoke are emotionally unstable, they fall asleep worse, sleep is quite disturbing and is regularly disturbed by coughing spells and numbness of the extremities. Barely awake, the smoker reaches for a cigarette to inhale such a coveted tobacco smoke again, especially if he is under the influence of alcohol. This often causes fires, in which the culprit and his family members die.
Of course, giving up bad habits, humanity will not get rid of all he alth problems at once, but they will become significantly less, that's a fact. A he althy lifestyle, the habit of eating right and playing sports from early childhood can improve the he alth of the nation and prolong youth. Children in one way or another repeat the path of their parents, being stricter with themselves and their actions, we help our children choose the right path in life. Life can be great without smoking!
