Smoking and Teens Professional Information on Teen Nutrition

Books for Further Information

Body Image

Sports Nutrition

Microwave Recipes

Website Links

Vegetarian Nutrition

Why do teens smoke?

  • Peer pressure
  • "Smoking is cool"
  • See parents or siblings smoking
  • Low self-esteem
  • Social and/or cultural factors
  • Media influence

Why should teens say "no" to smoking?

  • Smoking stains your teeth
  • Smoking can give you lip cancer
  • Tobacco kills 434,000 Americans a year
  • Smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and can complicate pregnancy
  • Tar from cigarettes makes your lungs black
  • A thimble full of Nicotine can kill you
  • 50% of smokers begin smoking by the age 14, 90% begin smoking by age 20

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