In this stage, adolescence starts expanding and exploring new worlds out of the family range, time and number of involving with new friend is increased. Adolescence feel of the need to peers in this stage that nearly adults are might not in the same understand of need. Adolescence attracted to joined peer groups. However, fitting in peer group is a challenge that requires a teen to act in a certain way to be accepted. However, working toward acceptance may cause a major change in youth decisions and lead them to be under of peers’ influence. According to Bell and Baron (2015) “responses to peer influences normally involve transactions rather than simple acceptance or rejection, and that responses can vary depending upon many factors including the nature of the peer relationship.” Peer pressure is a common term that Brown, Clasen, et al. (1986), explained in “the feelings of pressure that teens experience when they are …show more content…
Tobacco consumption is a major rick for cancer and a great number of smokers started this behavior in adolescence (Smith, Phongsavan, Bauman, Havea & Chey, 2007), And when smoker starts in early stage on his/her life the chance of getting cancer is become double.( Bend, Le, Fang, and Deschamps,2002). Peer play a mojor effect on adolescents and induce them to smoking behavior. According to Scalici and Schulz researches have found a stronger influence of peers on adolescent to start the habit of smoking (2015).
Moreover, Peer’s influence on the physical adolescent development is proven in other negative behaviors. there are massive studies that correlate the initiation of negative habits with the peer influence Such as alcohol abuse (Ting, Chen, Liu, Lin, & Chen, 2015), aggression (Benson & Buehler,