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A. Read the lst below. Check the fve qualities you most admire in someone your age:
Good grades a schoo! Hos moneynhings
Good at art, musi, andl: dance ‘tractive tothe opposite sox
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Smart ted by wachers
Mature __ Casngttenstive
Good at sports — Heatnyistong
Not afraid of paronisteachrs Funnylsense of Humour
Not infuence by what oer say!
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Other:
— Geodooking
— Toush
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‘much you think that applies to you
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Seidman‘Smoking, Self Image and Self Esteem
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who stoke tend to have ow sel-stzem, andiow expectations fr future achiovement, ten they sea smoking 883
way to cope withthe feaings of stress, ansley nd depression thal stem om a lack of selF-conficenc.
Adolescent is are more aly to cope with stess by worrying,” and then um to geste o cope wih wor
‘Adolescents who see cigaretes asa way io handle nogatv feelings are more ikly to nore the long-term health
consequences of smoking. Young non-smokers, on theater hand, tendo have high elLesteem tan eens that
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‘Teer'sattudes towards ther fonds, classmates, boytionds and gtinds who smoke can make a difereace othe
‘nm theibod of smoking tuts have shown thatthe single mest dred inuence on smeking among young Went is
‘he smoking habs of thor five best ends. Gls with a bes fiend who smokes ae nine times Kabir to become
smokers themselves than those with non-smoking best fonds.
‘Some tsens believe hat smoking cigarettes wiimprove thelr image, by making them appear mere mature or "coak”
ole models who smoke are frequent een as lough, sociable and eel tractive. For hese teen, smoking is an
stlempt to improve the way they perceived by ers ar poos. Su awe sr aif peers do rose sly
to his evategy, then the new smoker i aly to conus smeking.
“Tis tite snot ston tobacco advertisers, who portray sivoking 2s aproo of adulthood, matury, sophisicaton,
Popularity and sexual trectveness. nthe case of young gis, smoking also equated with thinness -feecing on
_adolescant insecurities about body image. Being sim gives these gis sal-condence, and makes hem ea!
shionable. Suounded by a clue that suppors such belts, some tenage gis may soe cgarotes as away 0
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