Started smoking young stories
- •
Stories from Former Smokers
James
Why I Quit
I got divorced about 15 years ago and started smoking. It felt good to go out to the bar and blow off steam. Soon I was up to a pack a day. My friend asked me if I would ever consider quitting. At first, I wasn't sure I could, so I decided to slowly cut down on the number of cigarettes I smoked and see how I did. After five months, I was down to a half-a-pack per week. Feeling bolder, I set my quit date.
My First Day Smokefree
I decided to try the patch to help get me through my first few days as a nonsmoker. I got anxious as I drove past the convenience store where I usually picked up my cigarettes, but I kept driving to the pharmacy and slapped on the patch. That small victory felt good and made me more confident that I could do this.
Battling Withdrawal and Cravings
The first few days were hard. I didn't know what to do with my hands. I went over to my friend's house (the same one who asked me to quit) and he handed me a guitar. I hadn't played in years. Soon we were jamming for 10 hours a day every weekend
- •
Youth smoking
Overview article
Smokingamong youth and adolescents is an issue that affects countries worldwide. While the extent to which smoking is viewed as a negative health behavior may vary across different nations, it remains an issue regardless of how it is perceived by different societies. The United States has taken numerous measures, ranging from changes in national policy surrounding youth cigarette access to changes in media campaigns, in attempts to eliminate the use of tobacco products among teenagers. Approximately 90% of smokers begin smoking prior to the age of 18.[1][2]
History
Statistics
While the rates of cigarette smoking among adults[3] and adolescents[4] have declined in the past ten years in the United States, a considerable number of adolescents continue to smoke cigarettes. The Surgeon General's Warning released in 1964 was a major impetus for this change.[5] In 1965, approximately 45% of Americans smoked, however the prevalence of tobacco smokers is currently less than 25%
- •
Current and former smokers among adolescents aged 12–17 years in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Research article
- Open access
- Published:
BMC Public Healthvolume 20, Article number: 155 (2020) Cite this article
3971 Accesses
3 Altmetric
Metrics details
Abstract
Background
Smoking, especially among adolescents, is considered a serious public health concern worldwide being associated with increased mortality. The present study was designed as the first systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of current and former smoking behavior among adolescents in Iran.
Methods
Seven international scholarly databases, namely Scopus, Embase, Pubmed/Medline, ISI/Web of Science (WOS), the Cochrane Library, Psyc Info and Cinahl, were extensively searched from January 2000 to September 18, 2019. Google Scholar was also mined. Iranian databases were searched as well (namely, MagIran, Scientific Information Database (SID), and Barakatkns). The DerSimonian-Laird’s approach, via the Freeman-Tukey double arcsine method, was used to synthesize the pr
Copyright ©cowroof.pages.dev 2025