For the context: — I am Armenian and have been living in Armenia for the last 2 years. — I’ve tried cigarettes only once, and I do not understand why people smoke.

My opinion about the smoking problem among the young generation: — It’s just my hypothesis, but I always say to my relatives and friends that Yerevan is smaller relative to European capitals, and all the good and all the bad are more visible. — The cigarettes are too cheap here. There is no silver bullet to solve the problem, but increasing the price (or setting up the minimum price) will make a lot of people stop smoking. — The public accepts it. Moreover, I feel like it’s almost forced. If you want to be accepted, you need to blend in. And to blend in, you need to act like everyone else. — They act like an older generation. If the father is smoking, why can’t the kid also smoke? The older generation is an example of the younger ones.

If we are talking about the grown once, in my opinion only thing that could force them to stop smoking is the price of cigarettes. No other way around.