SOMEteenagerstakeupsmokingduringtheholidayseitherbecausetheybecome"rich"enoughtoaffordapackofcigarettesortheythinktheylook"cool"．Everyoneknowsthat"smokingisbadforyou"，butdosmokersreallyknowwhatthehealthwarningsmeantothem？
Smoking，theworld'ssecondleadingcauseofpreventabledeath，kills4.9millionpeopleayear，theUnitedNationssaidonFebruary27．Theworldhasaboutl.2billionsmokersandWorldHealthOrganizationsurveysshowthatabout20percentofthemarechildrenagedbetween13and15yearsold．
Onthesameday，aglobaltreaty（公约） aimedatencouragingchildrennottosmokeandhelppeoplekickthehabitcameintoforce．Thisisthefirstworldwideagreementonapublichealthissue．Itwillseestrongwarningsaddedtocigarettepacketsandabanonalltobaccoadvertising．
Youngsmokersmaythinklittleofthehealtheffectsofsmoking．Butsmokingcanstopthemfrommakingfriends，asmostnon-smokersdon'tlikebeingaroundsmokers．
"IfeelsickwhenIseepeopleofmyagesmoke．Smokersmakethemselveslooklesseducated，"saidShiQingyu，aSenior3studentatLuanxianNo1HighSchoolinHebeiProvince．Oncewhileonabus，heaskedagirlwhowassmokingnexttohimtoputouthercigarette．
ForWangGezhu，aSeniorl girlfromWuxiFurenHighSchoolinJiangsuProvince，boyswhosmokearelessattractive．
"Boysthatsmokemaythinktheyarecoolorimpressive，butIthinktheylookweird（怪异的） comparedtootherordinarystudentsinmyeyes．Theyonlydowhatotherswon'triskdoing，"Wangsaid．
Everyonewantstoimpressothers，buttherearewaystoshowoffotherthansmoking．
OnFebruary26，around200studentsfromacrossthecountrygatheredinBeijingtobeawardedfortheiroutstandingperformanceinthe2004"SunflowerCup"．Theprogrammeincludedseveralcontestsinwriting，calligraphy （书法），drawingandpainting．Itaimedtoencouragestudentstotakepartinmeaningfulactivitiessothattheycouldspendtheirfreetimedevelopinghealthyhabitsandhobbies．
"Teenagersareenergeticandquicktolearn，bothgoodandbadthings．Forthesakeoftheirownhealth，teenagersshouldlearntosaynotothe