Amid Gaza peace talks in Egypt, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni to give up cigarettes. During this time, French President Emmanuel Macron was also present there. The interesting video of the conversation between them is being watched a lot.
In the video released on Twitter and other social media, Erdogan is saying to Meloni, ‘I saw you getting off the plane. You are looking very nice. But I have to make you stop smoking.
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron, who was standing next to him, dashed Erdogan’s hopes and said laughingly, ‘This is impossible.’
Melonie also starts laughing at this and says, ‘I know, I know. Quitting smoking may make me less sociable. I don’t want to kill anyone.
In a book based on several interviews, Meloni admitted that he had started smoking again after quitting for 13 years. But he also acknowledged that smoking helped improve his diplomatic relations with other politicians, including Tunisian President Kais Saied.
In this informal conversation, Erdogan tells Meloni that he will find a way for her to quit smoking. To this Meloni jokingly replies that quitting smoking will make her less social. However, behind this funny conversation, there is a very serious problem hidden because in reality, youth all over the world including India are increasingly becoming victims of smoking, which is very dangerous. One of the reasons behind this is that people are often forced to do this to increase social acceptance.
Cigarette status and fashion symbol for youth
For some time now, smoking has become a fashion symbol for the youth. Teenagers and youth often associate the habit of smoking with more mature, adult or rebellious behavior. They feel that it makes them stand out from the crowd.
Especially when films and film actors show smoking as ‘glamorous’ or strong, the illusion is created that it is a shortcut to looking cool.
Peer pressure is dangerous
The biggest reason for the spread of smoking among the youth is peer pressure. It often happens that youth start smoking to look after their friends and join their group because they feel that if they do not do so, they will seem isolated from that group. Many times, smoking a cigarette in a party or get-together becomes a social ritual among the youth.
mistake in dealing with stress
To reduce the stress caused by studies, career or any kind of pressure, youth resort to cigarette because they think that it calms them down whereas it is a temporary illusion. Many people resort to smoking to reduce mental stress but they do not even realize when they become addicted to it.
Do cigarettes really reduce mental stress?
Let us tell you that cigarettes contain nicotine, consumption of which is not good for the body. Since it affects the brain, when a person smokes a cigarette, nicotine releases dopamine (happy hormone) in the body, which makes the person feel calm. However, as soon as the effect of nicotine starts wearing off, the person starts feeling restlessness and mental tension again. It has been shown in many studies that cigarettes increase the risk of cancer, yet people are not able to get rid of the addiction of smoking.
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