Taking this a little farther he decided to do an experiment and see if he could get people to resist arguing on topics they could easily refute. He used two different views of resistance; one being resistance to disease and psychological and resistance to persuasion. People's bodies produce other anti-bodies that make them immuned to whatever the attacking agent is. So for example, if there is a mother who is pregnant and she's out here partying, living it up, drinking, smoking, doing drugs...chances are the babies going to come out very un-healthy (addicted to drugs, more chances of becoming an alcholic, druggy, etc.) if the baby makes it out alive then like I said before the baby will be addicted to drugs and whatever else the mother was doing while carrying the child inside of her stomach.
Since these two different views of resistance, they decided to see if attitude inoculation could be used to help parents, teachers, and social service agents deal with a pressing social problem, CIGARETTE SMOKING. According to a study, it seems that children age 10 or 12 always seem to be reporting how they don't like cigarettes. While other kids, from about middle school to adolescence start smoking from being peer pressured or thinking its "cool". It seems that these young adolescence change their attitudes about smoking because they tend to try it and like it. A young teenager who knows nothing about anything yet, as myself, may try a cigarette and LOVE it, BUT an older person say whose in their 20's or 30's, such as an older sibling of mine, would try it and throw up. We all have our different opinions and taste of different things. As you can see, every one has their own addiction, should parents start making their children get the vaccination for the anti-smoking? Would you? If it were me, I probably would just because I would know that in the future my child has the higher/better risk at being one of those kids who doesn't give in and smoke a cigarette, or fall for that "coolness" whatever the case may be. But you also have to ask yourselves; Whats in the vaccination? What are the side effects (if any)? Always make sure you know what you're getting into youreself, also applies for you're child or whoever it may be.
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