Adolescents

Facts on Youth Smoking, Health, and Performance

Among young people, the short-term health effects of smoking include damage to the respiratory system, addiction to nicotine, and the associated risk of other drug use.  Long-term health consequences of youth smoking are reinforced by the fact that most young people who smoke regularly continue to smoke throughout adulthood. (CDC.  Preventing tobacco use among young people---A report of the Surgeon General. 1994, p. 15)

For information please visit:  http://www.cdc.gov/health/adolescent.htm