Office reported that the prevalence of smoking among
adolescents aged 15 to 18 had increased from 4.29%
in 2004 to 4.45% in 2006(5). This evidence has been
confirmed by the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)
finding that showed that 25.4% of all daily smokers or
occasional smokers were in the 15 to 24 age group,
indicating that young adults are the largest at-risk
group. In this group, 39% of males smoked, whereas
the female smoking rate in this age group was
11.7%(6,7). Between 2000 and 2001, the incidence of
smoking for both boys and girls increased, 24 to 26%
for boys and 0.3 to 0.6% for girls. Those adolescents
have easily approached through a variety of available
sources to the cigarettes through the public media
including, advertising network, imported tobacco
products, alternative cigarettes. Common sources of
cigarettes include friends, older siblings, parents, and
over-the-counter purchases in shops. Research
indicated that the high school period was a critical time
for the onset of smoking behavior(8) and literature
provided consistent support for friends’ social norms
as a predictor of adolescent smoking, making it
difficult for young people to avoid cigarettes.