some teenagers may smoke to give false impression to girls or whoever but in most of the cases, i believe, it's due to addiction that comes up with carelessness and weak approach towards life. IMPO, addiction is a lethal combination of chronic psychological and physical disease. when one gets addicted, it becomes really hard to set them free unless they develop a STRONG conviction against the addiction. such convictions does not come overnight, one has to go through a real rough patch in life and come out of it to develop it. if you scrutinize on minor things around, there are so many that one can get addicted to. people and places can also be big-time addictions, let alone cigarette or alcohol. sajha itself is an addiction. addictions are everywhere. i am addicted to the smell of my armpit these days:P. since i wear sleeveless t-shirts at home, it helps me and i sniff it in regular intervals....hahahahaha :P LooTe