When I was a kid, everybody smoked, not only astronauts and game-show hosts but moms and dads, grandparents and your second-grade teacher. (Who can forget that first glimpse into the smoke-engulfed teachers' lounge?) Smoking was promoted as being cool and grownup. It was what people in the movies did after sex, for instance.
We're supposed to know better now. Tobacco use kills more than 400,000 people a year. So why do more and more kids light up?
The latest statistics show that more than 1 in 3 adolescents is a daily smoker, an increase of 50% in the past decade, and...
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