Smoking and Peer Pressure
What is Peer Pressure?
Peer pressure is when people of the same age try to influence your attitudes and behaviour.
Peers can have a positive influence by helping you learn things or by giving advice.
Peers can also have a negative effect by encouraging you to do things that you would not usually do - maybe shoplifiting, taking drugs, smoking or drinking alcohol.
It can be easy to give in to peer pressure because you want to be liked and to fit in.
It can be difficult to say no but it is important to walk away and talk to someone you can trust such as a teacher, parent, friend or an older brother or sister.
Visit our online store to order our resources about smoking. Visit our kids & teens page to find out more about peer pressure.
What is Peer Pressure?
Peer pressure is when people of the same age try to influence your attitudes and behaviour.
Peers can have a positive influence by helping you learn things or by giving advice.
Peers can also have a negative effect by encouraging you to do things that you would not usually do - maybe shoplifiting, taking drugs, smoking or drinking alcohol.
It can be easy to give in to peer pressure because you want to be liked and to fit in.
It can be difficult to say no but it is important to walk away and talk to someone you can trust such as a teacher, parent, friend or an older brother or sister.
Visit our online store to order our resources about smoking. Visit our kids & teens page to find out more about peer pressure.
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