Many people start smoking because of peer pressure. It is so easy to just say "NO" and you will have a healthier life. Saying "NO" also makes you a Respected leader instead of just one of the followers that are weak and unable to make informed decisions in regard to their health. It has been proven over and over that smoking causes cancer. Many people can think of at least two people in their families that have died of cancer due to smoking. Don't take the risk! Smoking is also very addictive because of the nicotine that comes in the cigarettes.
By personal observation, I have noticed that people that have smoked have lost their youthful appearance at a younger age. I have seen people that are younger than me that are smokers who have wrinkled skin and look much older than me. I considered smoking at one time in my life, but I made the intelligent decision that I did not wish to smoke.
Smoking also costs money and your money is better spent on other things or saved to buy a car or other items you desire to possess. I have also seen people who think that they must smoke even though they are allergic to the cigarettes smoke. They are only going to cause more serious health problems for themselves later in life. Many people look down on those that smoke as weak people and will feel sorry for them. Many employers do not wish to hire people that are smokers because of the proven health problems that will occur with the employee that smokes. The employer and the other employees also notice that the smokers take longer, more frequent breaks to smoke and are less productive. Here is a book that may be of help in quitting.
The emotions and feelings involved in the sex act are very powerful and maturity is required to understand and deal with them. Sex between a loving husband and wife is very personal and private. Sex can make a couple think that they are in love. Casual sex can also lead to AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. There is also a misconception that condoms can prevent the transmission of AIDS and that is not true. Condoms do fail and a lesser-known fact is that even if the condom does not fail, the virus that transmits AIDS is small enough to pass through the molecular structure of a condom.
At one time, a person could grow up and expect to go to work for one company and remain with that company the rest of their life. The only way for that to happen now is for you to gain as much knowledge as possible and become self-employed. Learn to do something that you enjoy doing, and making money will become very easy for you.
As a young person it is so easy to get a job, but you will find that as you get older, it will be harder to get jobs. Yes, I know that the government has passed laws that companies should not discriminate because of age, but it does happen and it has to be dealt with. A college degree also shows that you may be a self-starter and employers like to have self-starters that do not have to be supervised and watched over every minute that they are at work. Here is a book that may be of help.
