More than one million kids will start smoking this year. One-third of them will die from their addiction. Lots of adults smoke and cigarettes aren as dangerous as drugs, so whats the big deal if teenagers are smoking occasionally?
About 90% of all new smokers are age 18 and younger. That’s because the tobacco industry markets to young people because they know that very few adults will start smoking. Once a kid or teenager starts smoking, it’s likely that they’ll become addicted without realizing it and then it’s too late — the tobacco companies have a customer for life.