CNN (4/8, Hunt) reports that a recent study indicates that “the younger people were when they started smoking, the more likely they were to be smoking daily in their 20s and less likely to have quit by their 40s.” Moreover, “even children who only experimented with smoking a few cigarettes were more likely to end up smoking daily as an adult, the study found.”
Healio (4/8, Buzby) reports the findings from the International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort were published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The study found that, specifically of the “participants who reported trying cigarettes from age 6 to 12 years, 50.4% became daily smokers as adults.” The research also demonstrates the “association declined as the age of trying first cigarettes rose.”
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— “Teen smokers less likely to give up the habit as adults, study finds, “Katie Hunt, CNN, April 8, 2020