13 year DD wants to start smoking

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Hi,
My Dd who is almost 14 admitted to me that she had tried a cigarette, and that she didn't like it much. However, after spending time with friends who smoke she says that she might like to start but not regularly! She knows the dangers of smoking etc, but like all teenagers feels it is cool to do. I don't think coming down hard will be helpful, as I think she would go and do it behind my back any way. Obviously I really dont' want her to start!

Any help gratefully received.
thanks.

The "cool" teens at ds's school smoke/drink and there has been talk of occasional weed, they try to recruit further cool usually younger teens. Fortunately they are few in numbers and cool = twats to most of the other kids.

Obviously smoking is a massive no, but also try to encourage a different, less "cool" friendship group. A couple of ds's friends went to the cool group for a while, but they came back when the novelty of hanging doing nothing and smoking/drinking wore off.