To understand the smoking habits of the youth and their perception of smoking the Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences under the aegis of Dr. Samir Parikh conducted a survey among adolescents. The team engaged and interacted with school going teenagers in order to assess the prevalent attitudes towards tobacco smoking. 1900 students were randomly chosen from six states Delhi/NCR Mumbai Bengaluru Chandigarh Jaipur Kolkata and Chennai to be a part of the study. They were asked to fill in a structured survey which contained 13 questions. The results were tabulated using statistical measures and revealed patterns from which