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I HAVE a friend who has been smoking since he was a teenager. He’s aware of the health hazards but has always brushed them aside. In the past few years, he tried to quit smoking, but each time he would relapse after a few months. His excuse? Stress.
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A boy who has asthma is less likely to smoke as a teenager, according to a new study from Italy. Giuseppe Verlato, an epidemiologist at the University of Verona, asked participants to recall whether they smoked between the ages of 11 and 20 and if they had suffered from asthma as young children. They found that 49 percent of men who smoked as teens did not have asthma in their childhood. This ...
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Dr. Ross Latona remembers when he first started smoking as a teenager. He knew he shouldn't.
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Dr. Ross Latona remembers when he first started smoking as a teenager. He knew he shouldn't. "Every time I would see a teacher smoking - it didn't matter who it was, they were my role models, except for my parents - it reinforced that it wasn't that bad
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Rocker JOHN MELLENCAMP's son SPECK has failed in his attempt to make his famous dad quit smoking by the end of 2009 - but he plans to fight on in 2010.The teenager called...
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The sooner you help your teenager to quit, the better. Smoking in the teenage years causes dramatic and lifelong DNA damage in the lungs, according to one study. In fact, young smokers could be at a permanently higher risk of developing lung cancer, even if they quit later.
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A 14-year-old West Midlands boy overdoses on nicotine gum, prompting an inquiry by an anti-smoking group.
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he got hooked on as a teenager as he signed the nation's strongest-ever anti-smoking bill yesterday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for kids.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he took up as a teenager as he signed the nation’s strongest-ever anti-smoking bill Monday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for future generations.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he took up as a teenager as he signed the nation’s strongest-ever anti-smoking bill Monday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for future generations.
Tags: Anti Smoking, Barack Obama, Cigarettes, Future Generations, Park Hills, Signs, Struggle, Teenager
