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Facts About Kids and Tobacco
Nearly all first use of tobacco occurs before high school graduation. A 2005 survey from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 54% of high school students had tried cigarette smoking at some point. For the most part, people who do not start using tobacco when they are teens never start using it.
Cigarette smoking causes significant health problems among children and adolescents, including coughing, shortness of breath, production of phlegm, respiratory illnesses, reduced physical fitness, poorer lung growth and function, and worse overall health.
The younger you are when begin to smoke, the more likely you are to be an adult smoker. Almost 90% of adult smokers became addicted to tobacco at or before the age of 18. Young people who start smoking at an earlier age are more likely to develop long-term nicotine addiction than people who start later in life.
Most young people who smoke regularly are already addicted to......

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