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Find information about underage smoking geared toward parents of teens. Read articles that help understand why a teenager would consider becoming a smoker and learn ways to get kids to stop smoking or not to begin at all.

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Health Effects of Smoking Among Young People  Among young people, the short-term health consequences of smoking include addiction to nicotine. Long-term health consequences of youth smoking are reinforced by the fact that most teens who smoke regularly continue to smoke throughout adulthood.

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Teens and Smoking  Adolescents are at great risk for experimenting with behaviors like smoking because they want to fit in with their peers. Studies have shown that teens whose friends smoke are nine times more likely to smoke than those whose friends do not smoke.

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Teens and Social Smoking  U.S. investigators found that young people who tend to light up more often in social situations than when they are alone are less likely to try to quit smoking, according to the results of a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.

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The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids  The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids is fighting to free America's youth from tobacco and to create a healthier environment.

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