The term parental smoking refers to those parents who are active smokers. Parental smoking has been attributed to a large number of young teenagers taking up smoking. It is fairly obvious that a young boy who is around 14 years of age will get curios when he sees his father or mother smoking. He is bound to ask questions including the reason behind his parents smoking. It has been seen in a large number of cases throughout the world that a very high percentage of people who started smoking below the age of smoking did so only because there parents smoked. Parental smoking makes sure that the young children have easy access to cigarettes. This works as a stimulant and when coupled with the natural curiosity, the child starts smoking.
This is exactly how I started smoking. My father is a chain smoker and he has been smoking actively for nearly 30 years now. As a child, I often used to find packets of cigarettes kept on the table with no one around. I often felt curious about the ingredients of the package. Also, whenever I saw my father smoking with his friends, I often questioned myself as to what pleasure does my father derive out of smoking a cigarette? I once asked dad why he smokes, he said he got into the habit of smoking when he was young and a failure grasped him. There was no one to relieve the tensions and cigarettes showed some peace of mind at least for some moments. Now this is a common reason for many of the smokers and if this is told to next generations then they will also move towards smoking cigarettes if ever they encounter failure in life. For me the curiosity went on increasing day by day and one fine day I decided to end the doubts and nicked a cigarette from his pack when no one was in the house. I lit up the cigarette and took my first puff of cigarette. The instant head rush that I got ensured that I got hooked to the habit. I have been actively smoking since then and I must say that I still love every drag I take. There are a large number of teens just like me who picked up smoking just because they were easily exposed to cigarette because of their parents and have been smoking since then.
