Smoking as something you choose to do?

Smoking as something you choose to do?

Several stages emerged consistently as teens took up smoking. Only a
couple of months after their first drag, teens declared in the
questionnaire that they'd stopped forever. Yet nine months later, they
were smoking monthly; 19 months in and they were smoking weekly.

The study found that daily smoking became the norm around the two-year
point, when cravings and withdrawal symptoms are common. Two further
years and teens were staggering under the albatross of full-blown
tobacco dependence.

"Kids really don't understand how quickly they can get addicted to
nicotine and to smoking," said Roberta Ferrence, executive director of
the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit.

"We still tend to view smoking as something you choose to do," she
said. "Clearly, if kids ... are well on the road to addiction so
quickly - and most of these kids are not even aged where they can make
these lifelong decisions - it's our responsibility to do something and
not to expect them to change."

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Re: Smoking as something you choose to do?

In article <1216244454.497931@irys.nyx,net >,
anon3c67@nyx.nyx,net (Bruce Watson) wrote:

> Several stages emerged consistently as teens took up smoking. Only a
> couple of months after their first drag, teens declared in the
> questionnaire that they'd stopped forever. Yet nine months later, they
> were smoking monthly; 19 months in and they were smoking weekly.
>
> The study found that daily smoking became the norm around the two-year
> point, when cravings and withdrawal symptoms are common. Two further
> years and teens were staggering under the albatross of full-blown
> tobacco dependence.
>
> "Kids really don't understand how quickly they can get addicted to
> nicotine and to smoking," said Roberta Ferrence, executive director of
> the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit.

Exactly. And big tobacco depends on the ignorance of youngsters in order
to sustain their tobacco sales.

Re: Smoking as something you choose to do?

Troll "Twinkie" Shane <s...@DOOFUS,net > wrote:

> Exactly. And big tobacco depends on the ignorance of youngsters in order
> to sustain their tobacco sales.

Very profound, troll Twinkie. Now, be a good lap dog and hand Madame
Nits Watson her towel, LOL!

TBN