Chapter 23 Tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs

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According to the 1994 Surgeon General's report 12-17 year olds who smoke were

three times more likely to use alcohol, eight times more likely to smoke marijuana, and

22 times more likely to use cocaine, compared to nonsmokers of the same age.

American Lung Association Fact Sheet - Teenage Cigarette Smoking (August 1997

Update)

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92% of adolescent marijuana smokers also smoke cigarettes.

National Institute on Drug Abuse

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The National Institute of Drug Abuse, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

reports that smokers between the ages of 12 and 17 are 23 times more likely to use

marijuana, 12 times more likely to use heroin, 51 times more likely to use cocaine and

57 times more likely to use crack. Tobacco use thus serves as a gateway drug for

later illegal narcotic use.

Baltimore Sun, March 11, 1994, p. 12A

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Children ages 12 to 17 who smoke have a risk 14 times greater of having an alcohol

abuse problem than their nonsmoking peers.

Audio Digest Internal Medicine, May 17, 1995 (J. Kirchner)

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