ADOLESCENTS AND SMOKING: PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES LEADING TO SMOKING

Abstract

This literature review aims to study the various psychosocial factors related to adolescent 
smoking behaviour and the stages of smoking in adolescents. The review has nine relevant 
studies that showcased various psychosocial factors that lead to smoking in adolescents out of 
which depression, peer pressure, stress, self-esteem and family pressure are necessarily the 
strongest affected factors. The various stages of smoking and how an adolescent travel from 
the trial stage to the smoking addict. 

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