Smoking: Is it worth the risks

Smoking usually begins at an early age. Smoking among teenagers has increased by nearly a third or more since 1992. Today teens believe that after a few years of smoking they could easily stop with no long term effects. They believe the health problems from smoking will go away once they stop.
There was a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the findings were that less than 16% of 633 teens that smoked were able to stop. The study
reviewed illnesses treated in active smokers such as the following cancers of various organs, heart attacks, strokes, ulcers, and infertility. These are just some of the major health issues that give good reasons not to smoke. These issues are not included in the "irreversible effects" category.
Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of death in the United States, approximately 50,000 or one in every five deaths per year. There are about 46 million smokers in the United States,......

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Title: Smoking
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