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90% of smokers start smoking cigarettes prior to the age of 18.
Those who start early are more addicted and have a harder time quitting smoking. In other words "Nicotine addiction is a pediatric disease".
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The teen brain is very sensitive to the addictive effects of nicotine, and also to its toxic effects. In adolescent animals, nicotine is a very well-established neurotoxin , and it decreases learning, memory, and attention processes, and increases hyperactivity symptoms.
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Teens who use tobacco products are more likely to use marijuana and alcohol, and also develop depression and anxiety as a teen or as an adult. In adolescent animals, nicotine also produces epigenetic changes, or heritable changes in gene expression , for example, in the genes involved in asthma, harming their future generations.
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We live in a technology-crazed world, where the latest device and technology gets a lot of attention, just because its technology and because its the latest thing. We are going to see technologies coming into the marketplace that may not raise any health flags at first, simply because they dont look unhealthy.
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But many of these devices may come with unacceptable risks to our own health. Perhaps we should get out of the habit of automatically celebrating such new technology, and get into the habit of looking at them with a critical eye.
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