Arnett, J. J. (2000). Optimistic bias in adolescent and adult smokers and nonsmokers. Addictive Behaviors, 25(4), 625-632.
There have been several researches detailing the addictive use of cigarettes and its effect on the human brain. This effect greatly impacts adults but also severely has a greater influence on adolescents and emerging adults. Many individuals are found every year to die from the atrocities of smoking addictions but this fact does not attain the youth to the point of the realizations of their wrongdoings. In order to investigate the cognitive bias of adolescents, research was done regarding a group of adolescents and a group of young adults/adults as they reflect upon their choices in their lives as individuals. This article …show more content…
Due to adolescents’ reliance on smoking, it becomes a habit for them which then leads to a derogatory attitude amongst adolescents. As smokers have a lower attention span, they also want to finish class earlier or leave in the middle of the class time in order for them to smoke. With the prevalence of stress in young adults, they also rely on smoking in order to suppress this prevalence. Smokers use cigarettes and any other form of smoke as a coping mechanism which helps them manage their stress in their households and also in their social lives. In order to better their emotional stance, they put smoking before school, which results into having an addictive attitude and plays on their emotions as they always feel the need to smoke. The group also discussed that there is a killing of brain cells, which makes them not realize their low academic stance in school. This leads to loss of focus, short attention span, and the inability to believe in their worth. It was discussed that people who smoke believe that they will not get any diseases, while deep down they are aware of the various cares that needs to be put in place to reduce this disease, smoking included. They(smokers) also believe most times that smoking is not addictive while it is totally false as most likely one addiction can lead to something else, most often another
There have been several researches detailing the addictive use of cigarettes and its effect on the human brain. This effect greatly impacts adults but also severely has a greater influence on adolescents and emerging adults. Many individuals are found every year to die from the atrocities of smoking addictions but this fact does not attain the youth to the point of the realizations of their wrongdoings. In order to investigate the cognitive bias of adolescents, research was done regarding a group of adolescents and a group of young adults/adults as they reflect upon their choices in their lives as individuals. This article …show more content…
Due to adolescents’ reliance on smoking, it becomes a habit for them which then leads to a derogatory attitude amongst adolescents. As smokers have a lower attention span, they also want to finish class earlier or leave in the middle of the class time in order for them to smoke. With the prevalence of stress in young adults, they also rely on smoking in order to suppress this prevalence. Smokers use cigarettes and any other form of smoke as a coping mechanism which helps them manage their stress in their households and also in their social lives. In order to better their emotional stance, they put smoking before school, which results into having an addictive attitude and plays on their emotions as they always feel the need to smoke. The group also discussed that there is a killing of brain cells, which makes them not realize their low academic stance in school. This leads to loss of focus, short attention span, and the inability to believe in their worth. It was discussed that people who smoke believe that they will not get any diseases, while deep down they are aware of the various cares that needs to be put in place to reduce this disease, smoking included. They(smokers) also believe most times that smoking is not addictive while it is totally false as most likely one addiction can lead to something else, most often another