A research study showed that adolescents who watched more than 4 hours of TV per day were more than five times as likely to start smoking as those who watched less than 2 hours a day. The researchers speculate that TV actors’ portrayals of smoking as personally and socially rewarding were an effective indirect method of tobacco promotion. List the factors that you think cause adolescents to start smoking. (You may select more than one answer. Click the box with a check mark for the correct answer and double click to empty the box for the wrong answer.)

Curiosity
Parents who smoke
Friends who smoke
Seeing teenagers smoke in movies and TV
Boredom
Wanting to look cool
School health classes explaining the harmful effects of smoking\
High cigarette sales taxes