Teens right now are already exposed to some unhealthy activities such as smoking, drinking alcoholic drinks and the same time to drug addiction. They are not aware for the effects of bad activities that they had.

    

i agree with what you say. Infact this case is more likely in those students who are hosteliers they smoke drink and indulge into bad activities which directly affects there health

I disagree with you, Anthony.
I think that it this phenomenon is seen more with students who live with their parents.
'Hostellites' might have no guidance as such, but the fact that they have to break a number of rules, risking being thrown out of their place of residence, makes them reduce such activities.
I have a friend who is a hostellite, and every month he comes to stay with me for three days purely because he feels suffocated at the hostel.

Todays teens are on top of the world and want to enjoy every bit of their life.In doing this they sometimes forget what is correct.They just blindly follow their friends groups.They can get addicted to smoking,drinking alcohol and even drugs that is most to their health.I think teens must be prevented from these bad practices and various programs must be carried to prevent them.If teen has firm will power then he may not indulge in these nuisances.Beware Youth.

It does not depend on whether a teenager stays at hostel or at home, it only depends on his friend circle and his own will power. Nobody can force you to smoke a cigarette or take a drug.
It also depends on the upbringing of the teenager.

Vickyk, yes someone can force another person to smoke or do drugs. A subtler way is peer pressure. However, direct ways include coercing, threatening or downright forcing. There is also tricking, such as using a date rape drug. Things are not always black and white.

I agree that it is up to the teen to decide if they are going to do these things. Upbring does have some effect but even a kid in the best of homes falls to the wayside at times. I hate to say it but it is more to with the kid than anything. I made my own decisions when I was a teen, it was not my friends or my family that made the decision to do or not participate in an activity. I had friends that drank, smoked and I now some that even experimented with drugs. That was up to them not me but I decided on my own not to do these things. I think that tring to place blame on others for these kids decisions and not holding them responsible is part of the problem. They need to be aware that there are consiquenses for their actions when it comes to all decisions not just these few things. I think we have become to easy on kids, we let them get there way, let them think that there are no losers in competition, try to be their friends too much and not their parent is. People may not like to hear that but it is what I think.

I agree with you jhall, they are responsible for their actions. Also, I don't think that teens have it as bad as the media would have it, and television shows unusual circumstances for kids. My kids go to a high school with more than eight hundred kids in each class, and drug use and violence is very low.

Teens just don't realize how bad these drug really are. All they care about is having fun. They don't think about the consequences.
I think parents should educate their children about drugs. Show them what drugs can do to their bodies. I started talking to my son about drugs when he was only 3. My dad died of an overdose and my son has always known that. Some people may think that I should shield him from info like that but I disagree. He needs to know that drugs take lives away and ruins lives. My dad is gone and we are the ones left mourning over his death. If he hadn't been using, he'd still be here with us. I am super anti drug and will do or say whatever I need to, to keep my son from them.
Of course, in the end, it'll be his decision. I won't be there when he's offered that first joint. I won't be there when the other kids offer him a beer. I won't be there when they call him a chicken for saying no. In the end, it'll be up to him and I am hoping and praying to God that he stays strong and remembers what I taught him.

I think good teen health and habits start at home. If the teen sees his/her parent smoking and drinking then thats what they will do. Parents are their childrens' best teachers.