Every day, more than 3,800 children ages 12 to 17 in the United States smoke their first cigarette, according to the 2012 US Surgeon General’s report, Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults, putting themselves at risk for nicotine addiction and the many diseases associated with smoking, including lung cancer.
Among the report’s key statistics:
-About 3 million high school students and 624,000 middle school students smoke.
-One out of 4 high school seniors is a regular cigarette smoker.
-Among those who continue to smoke, about half will die earlier than their non-smoking peers, losing on average about 13 years of life.
-88% of adults who smoke daily started smoking by age 18; 99% started by age 26.
Read the American Cancer Society news release here.
Read the full report here.
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