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ACTIVITY 2: Tobacco & Nicotine Use–The Health Consequences

ACTIVITY 2: Tobacco & Nicotine Use–The Health Consequences

Young people who smoke cigarettes are likely to be less physically fit and have more respiratory (breathing) problems than people their age who don't smoke.19 Coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and phlegm production are symptoms that young people who use tobacco report they are more likely to experience than non-smoking peers.19

And then there's the issue of addiction, making it difficult to stop doing something.

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The younger a person is when he or she starts smoking cigarettes, the more likely he or she is to become addicted to nicotine.19

Most young people who smoke regularly are addicted to nicotine, making it hard for them to quit.19

This statement is TRUE

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report Of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 1994. Referenced 2012.

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/nn/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101584932X619-doc