According to a Government research, nine out of 10 children hate cigarettes and want their parents who smoke to quit. A poll of 1,000 children aged between eight and 13 found of those with a parent who smokes, 96 per cent wanted them to stop and almost two thirds would give up the chance of extra pocket money if they would.
The research coincides with the launch of a new Department of Health campaign aimed at getting loved ones to stop smoking. It features real children, not actors, talking about how concerned they are about their parents’ smoking.
Professor Terence Stephenson, President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) said: “This research is extremely significant and we need to look at the health outcomes and effects when adults smoke in the presence of their children.
"It is encouraging to hear that those children who were consulted knew the health risks related to smoking and the harmful effects of people smoking around them.
its correct that many childrens hate smoking .. they want everyone to quit this bad habbit ..its such a good thing to if you leave smoking ... because smoking is injurious for health ...
ReplyDeletegreat post, smoking does suck!
ReplyDeleteWOW! Very nice post i totally enjoy the content of this post and i will definitely share this post to my friends and students.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the very ineresting post. I think this is the way
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to know that children thinks like that, if parents can keep an eye what they doing and what they are thinking about smoking after age 13, then the numbers of smoking teenagers might fall. Thanks for this post.
ReplyDeleteI grew up with my mother and her parents all wishing they'd never started smoking and I've never, ever been tempted. My grandfather had emphysema - pretty unpleasant to watch; my mother now has asthma and the doctors have warned her that if she carries on smoking it will kill her.
ReplyDeleteI hope the message gets out there: something that leads to a long, slow illness is not cool. It's self-abusive.
I am always amazed that some kids still smoke. Keeping up the positive messages for children of all ages is important.
ReplyDeleteGlad to have read this, it's good that health education starts early, enabling kids to choose a healthier lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteYou would be amazed at how much kids think about and care about their parents smoking. Who would want to know that their parents will probably die prematurely because of addictive habits? I know lots of people smoke to stay thin, but losing weight isn't worth losing your health, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this great article. I totally agree with you since I'm not a smoker. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteI threw a party for my daughter's 8 th birthday party. She loves the Bratz dolls. I had Bratz mylar balloons, cupcakes, and decorations. The kids put on their swimsuits and played in the pool for a while.
ReplyDeleteMy wife smokes and is constantly hiding around the back of the house trying to conceal it from them. I dont smoke at all and I know for a fact that my 4 and 6 year old arent impressed by it as they have found butts on the ground and asked me what they were.
ReplyDeletei have stopped smoking last years and make me more healthy
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It is good for the society if children hate smoking.
ReplyDeleteIt is not cool.Walkingfrom the schoola and cut through to my street is the ultimate hang out place for smokers.They are smelly,they spit and they are annoying.So i don't think this is cool
ReplyDeleteI started smopcking as a kis actually...i've been trying to quit for some time now withg litleor no success.
ReplyDeleteI started smoking at an early age actually, I have been trying to quit for some time now with little or no success.
ReplyDeleteIt's great to hear that children don't find smoking "cool". Smoking can have such greater financial effects than people realize. higher cost's for life insurance, medical related costs and overall negative implications!
ReplyDeleteSmoking is not the best. i agree with you at this point. Thanks for sharing this hoping that smokers will wake up
ReplyDeleteI totally agree smoking is far from cool it is plain stupid. My Partner nearly died from a brain haemorage which was caused from smoking and she is only 24 years old. So do youself a favour now and quit.
ReplyDeleteSmoking is injurious to one's health. so quit now and enjoy a smokeless environment.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a good campaign. Children are deeply effected by smoking but also are keen to appear cool ... so if it can be seen as uncool thats a good thing!
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