As the world modernizes and social trends change over time, emerging social issues continue to plague society. These societal issues/problems have had a negative impact on society, which has prevented the affected individuals from becoming productive members of society. Some of these issues include underage drinking, obesity, smoking, drug abuse, and religious radicalization. This article will evaluate obesity, underage drinking, and tobacco use and the impact of these issues on society and affected members of society, with a focus on adolescents and young adults. Recent studies have shown that the age at which a child begins drinking has continued to decline to age 11 for adolescents and age 13 for girls, and nearly 90% of them continue this behavior until adulthood. The reasons for the increase in underage drinking have been blamed on negative media, cheap alcoholic beverages, increase in private parties, availability and easy access to drinks and alcohol. family influence. healthy lifestyle. This has led to various complications such as loss of job opportunities in fields that require physically fit people and medical problems such as heart complications and high blood pressure. The other social problem that continues to destabilize the societal structure is smoking, usually fueled by negative media messages. , peer influence, family influence and the availability of this killer drug. This led to antisocial behavior and health complications such as lung disease and amputations resulting from tar-induced conditions. Underage Drinking Despite widespread efforts to reduce underage drinking, this behavior has continued to spread and become... .....the cool, macho lifestyle. This pushes many young people to smoke. Family structure also plays an important role, as children from a smoking family are more likely to adopt the habit from a young age and continue it into old age. As a first gateway drug, many adolescents begin using this drug at a tender age, leading their peers to adopt this negative practice. Cigarettes are also easily accessible without age restrictions and present in most family stories (Surgeon General, 2012). The major impact of smoking on society has been the increase in smoke-related illnesses such as cancer, problems with blood circulation to the joints, and other lung diseases. disease. It also reduces a person's reproductive health, with smokers being a third less likely to get pregnant. Female smokers may also kill their unborn children or give birth to malformed children (Hindmarch, 2008).