Adolescent Smoking is Adolescent Unhappy

We know that smoking is dangerious for our health. All of diseases and physical impairments kinds can emerge because the habit of smoked cigarettes. However, cigaretes was affect into the condition of man pshycological, especially adolescent.

The research that be done by Institute for School and Economic Research in Essex University reported that adolescent who have hobby smoking will feel unhappy and five times easily fall in bad attitude.

In the research, at least 5,000 people respondents 10-15 years old were asked in any kinds that related with their daily life. The data shown, adolescent who have a bad daily life such as smoking or drink the alcohol get 4-5 more less than adolescent who have a good daily life. Smoking is the thing that make people are unhappy, that is 5 more less.

On the other hand, adolescent who have a good daily life and always keep healthy will feel happy. The high score of happy are get for the adolescent who always eat vegetables and fruits. The good daily life that can improve the happiness based on the research are: sport, and decrease the snack, soda, and anything that contain of sugar.

This reasearch is also explain the the daily of adolescent that easily in changing their health become unhealth on 13-15 years old. At this age, to consume the vegetables and fruits, and also do the exercise are decrease about 11%, but consume the cigaretes and alcohol are increase from 8% till 41%.

Dr. Cara Brooker who lead the research said, this trend was observed consistently even shen adjusted with another factors like social economic status and the education level of their parents. It means that this result is believed can represent of adolescent population in generaly.

Booker also said that children and adolescent can change their attitude into negative attitude to solve their problem. The adolescent firtly may be do smoking and drink alcohol when they try to adapt themselves with specific groups, that is inclined unhappy, and then they found themselve are not happy. Some adolescents have cigaretes because they want to be adult, but then they found their life associate with bad people that felt unhappy, then they are become less of happy.

“The message for this is adolescents must have a good daily life. Following the behavior of adult that unhappiness is not help you as an adult”, said Dr. Booker.


taken from: Ar-risalah magazine in 130 edition. 
has been thanslated in English.