The reason why teens taking drugs and smoke

         Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1995 estimated that about 5 million people aged less than 17 years died from diseases related to smoking cigarettes. Quantity of Indonesian teenagers these days have increased . Central Bureau of Statistics noted in 2004 among active smokers than there are children in the age range of 13-15 years with the amount of 26.8 % and in the range of 5-9 years as much as 2.8 % . National Commission for Protection of Child obtain data on the causes of adolescent allure to smoking . Obtained the data , 99.7 % of adolescents affected to smoking after seeing tobacco advertising on television; 87.7 % after seeing smoking in outdoor advertising ; 76.2 % after seeing cigarette ads in newspapers and magazines , and 81 % after following activities sponsored by the tobacco industry .
           Santrock ( 2003) found several reasons why teenagers taking drugs is because they want to know , to improve self-esteem , solidarity , adaptation to the environment , as well as for the compensation .

•  Social and interpersonal influence : including lack of parental warmth , supervision , control and encouragement . Negative assessment of the elderly , the tension in the home , parental divorce and separation .
•  The influence of culture and manners : looking at the use of alcohol and drugs as a symbol of resistance to conventional standards , the short -term goal-oriented and hedonistic satisfaction , etc.
• Interpersonal Influence : including a temperamental personality , aggressive , people who have an external locus of control , low self-esteem , poor coping skills , etc.
• Heterosexual Love and Relationships
• Sexual problems
• Adolescent relations with Both Parents
• Moral issues , values ​​, and religion

           As with the opinion of Smith & Anderson , thinks most teenagers do risky behaviors considered part of the normal developmental process . Risky behavior is most often done by teenagers is the use of cigarettes, alcohol , and drugs .

This article is taken from the website of the Indonesian Pediatric Association (idai.or.id)
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