Is Cigarette Smoking In Teenagers A Serious Health Risk?

Is Cigarette Smoking In Teenagers A Serious Health Risk? The problem of teenage smoking has been a major worry because smoking during adolescent and childhood years can lead to many health problems. The American Lung Association reports that recent studies show that every day nearly six-thousand children below eighteen years of age start smoking, Of these, almost two-thousand will become regular smokers. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has released figures showing that: <…

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