Teenage Smoking
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At the age of ten, Sean Marsee began smoking cigarettes. Two years later, he was persuaded to give up by a caring uncle. A few weeks after quitting, he received a free sample of smokeless tobacco at a rodeo. Once again, Sean Marsee was addicted to tobacco. At 16 he had developed lip cancer. At 18, ....
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.... Lloyd Johnston, who directs the annual survey says: “ One in four regular smokers will die from this product. I don’t know of any other product, including guns, that has that death rate.” Each year more than 1 million American children under 18 become regular smokers, according to the Federal Office on Smoking and Health. That means they replace at least two thirds of the adult smoker who either quit or die.” Congress banned advertising on television and radio in 1971. Cigare ....
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