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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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