TOBACCO AND NICOTINE ADDICTION
Approximately seventy percent (70%) of smokers want to quit smoking.24 Why don't they just quit? Because it may not be that easy. According to a report from the U.S. Surgeon General, most teens who smoke want to stop.25 Most young people who smoke regularly are already addicted to nicotine.25" On the next screens, read information from two reports of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)—and see if you can answer the true/false questions—to better understand nicotine and addiction. 26