This statistic is adopted from the website Smoke For What?. The main reasons of smoking are as follows:
Reason 7: Parental Smoking-
Such smokers smoke as their parents do the same and have adopted the same habit from them. About 6% of all smokers smoke due to this reason.
Reason 6: Break Up:
Break up leads the lovers to cigarettes as they smoke to forget their old memories. About 7.5 % smokers smoke for this reason.
Reason 5: To Socialize:
This is one of the most unacceptable reasons of smoking, To socialize! About 9% smokers smoke to socialize.
Reason 4: Peer Pressure:
Many teenagers fall into the category of people who smoke to relieve pressure. 12.5% smokers name pressure as the reason behind their smoking.
Reason 5: Curious:
Again a ridiculous reason of smoking being curious. Such smokers smoke because of curiosity created by smoking. About 17% smokers smoke because smoking is curious!
Reason 6: It seems cool:
The most unacceptable and ridiculous reason behind smoking! About 20% smokers hand over their lives to cigarettes just because they seem "Cool" to them!!
Reason 7: Stress:
Agreed. Smoking reduces stress, but the 34 % smokers who smoke due to this reason could try oats (As mentioned by Atish Jain in an article on this site).