Discourage teenage smokers

It hurts when we see many teenagers in Dhaka have become smokers and they do not bother to smoke in public places. Everybody knows the bad effects of smoking. Most of the cigarette sellers in Bangladesh are teenagers who usually get addicted to smoking. That day while I was having my evening walk, I found a young boy, aged around 11 or 12, smoking at the corner of a lake. I could not bear the sight as he was too young to smoke, and asked him to throw away the cigarette at once. The next day when I was walking, he came forward and greeted me and proudly said that he gave up smoking. I don't know whether it was true, but we should strictly speak to the teen smokers whenever we see them smoking. Ban on smoking in public places may play a big role in persuading the teens not to become smokers.