Even women are not far behind in blowing smoke, with teenage girls leading the way in cigarette smoking
Everyone knows that cigarettes are bad for health. Despite this, the number of cigarette smokers continues to rise. It's amazing. Teenagers are also becoming victims of this. Interest in smoking is increasing among them. Recently, the Union Health Ministry has released information in this regard. According to the tobacco control report, the habit of smoking cigarettes among teenage girls has increased significantly. It has doubled in 10 years. Between 2009 and 2019, cigarette smoking among teenage girls increased by about 6.2 percent, according to a government report. According to the Tobacco Control Report, the number of cigarette smokers among teenage girls was 3.8 percent in 2009, which increased to 6.2 percent in 2019. Whereas, talking about teenage boys, further increase is observed. According to the report, there has been an increase in cigarette smoking among teenage boys in the last 10 years. This has seen an increase of 2.3 percent. At the same time, there was a 2.2 percent decline among men, while women also started smoking fewer cigarettes. Their numbers decreased by 0.4 percent. At the same time, in 2019, the number of girls smoking cigarettes was 6.2 percent, which is higher than that of men. In 2017, the number of female smokers was 1.5 percent. The gender gap in tobacco is very small. In 2019, 7.4 percent of girls used tobacco and 9.4 percent of boys used tobacco. If young people are not motivated to stop smoking, its number may increase in the future. Tobacco products should be banned. Disadvantages of Cigarette Smoking: Cigarette smokers are more prone to heart disease, stroke and lung cancer. Smoking spoils overall health. Cigarette smoking harms every part of the body. Its smoke is very addictive. It has very high nicotine content. It contains hundreds of chemicals that are harmful to the body.