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According to a government report, the habit of smoking cigarettes among teenage girls has increased by about 6.2 percent in the last 10 years. The number of cigarette smokers among teenage girls was 3.8 percent in 2009, which has increased to 6.2 percent in 2019. Thus, in the decade from 2009 to 2019, the amount of cigarette smoking among teenage girls has doubled. When talking about teenage boys, it has increased even more.
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Everyone knows that cigarettes are harmful to health. However, the number of smokers continues to increase. This is surprising. Teenagers are also becoming victims of this. The desire to smoke cigarettes is increasing among them. Recently, the Union Health Ministry has released statistics related to cigarette smokers. According to the Tobacco Control report, cigarette smoking addiction among teenage girls has increased significantly. It has doubled in 10 years.

According to a government report, cigarette smoking among teenage girls almost doubled between 2009 and 2019. According to the Tobacco Control report, the number of cigarette smokers among teenage girls was 3.8 percent in 2009, which has increased to 6.2 percent in 2019. When it comes to teenage boys, there has been a further increase.

Cigarette smoking habit also increased among adolescent boys

According to the report, the desire to smoke cigarettes has increased among teenage boys in the last 10 years. It has seen an increase of 2.3 percent. While, men have decreased by 2.2 percent, while women have also started smoking cigarettes. A decrease of 0.4 percent has been observed in their number. Whereas, in 2019, the number of girls smoking cigarettes was 6.2 percent, which was much higher than that of men.

There is no gender difference in tobacco

In 2017, the number of female smokers was 1.5 percent. The gender disparity in tobacco is very small. In 2019, 7.4 percent of girls used tobacco while 9.4 percent of boys used it. If young people are not motivated to quit smoking, the number may increase in the future. Tobacco products should be banned.

Disadvantages of smoking cigarettes

People who smoke cigarettes are more likely to develop heart disease, stroke and lung cancer. Overall health deteriorates due to smoking. Cigarette smoking damages almost every organ in the body. Its smoke is quite intoxicating. It has high nicotine content. It contains hundreds of chemicals, which are harmful to the body.

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