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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
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| | Chapter 15 Children and teen smoking |
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| | In a study from Minnesota, 73% of adolescent smokers had other smokers in their |
| | households, and only 46% were living with both biological parents. 52% had parents |
| | who were divorced. In another survey of adolescents who smoked, 75% came from |
| | families where one or both parents also smoked. |
| | Pediatrics, October 1996, p. 666 |
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| | There are more than half a million American children from age 8 to 11 who smoke. |
| | Tobacco and the Clinician, p. 232 |
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| | Children of smoking parents are four times more likely to smoke by age 13. |
| | US News and World Report, September 25, 1995, p. BC29 |
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| | Only 5% of smokers take up the habit after age 21. |
| | Wall Street Journal, August 10, 1995, p. B2 |
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| | Teenage smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to be socially precocious, |
| | rebellious, risk-takers, miss school, have low academic and career aspirations, and |
| | have low self-esteem and poor self-image. |
| | Interventions for Smokers, p. 97 |
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| | Smoking by American teenagers in 1995 increased again from the previous year. |
| | 34% of twelfth graders, 28% of tenth graders, and 19% of eighth graders smoked in |
| | the previous month. |
| | Reuters, December 16, 1995 |
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