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Yes, they can. The only law against it is that a child under the age of 19 may not buy or be given a pack or one single cigarette. If a 12 year old should steal one, and a cop drives buy watching the child smoke, he/she cannot take the cigarrete out of the child's hands.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 8y agoAnybody CAN smoke - the question is whether you want to poison yourself like that! A 12 year old cannot buy any tobacco products because kids aren't mature enough to understand that once you start smoking, it is really REALLY REALLY hard to stop and it causes cancer that will kill you.
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∙ 13y agoteens should not smoke or they would get cancer.
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∙ 10y agoSmoking is very harmful and causes cancer. People who smoke are shortening their lives. Plus, they smell bad all the time and have bad breath.
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∙ 15y agoNO. It is harmful enough for adults but for teenagers, it is even worse.
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What are some reasons why teens use tobacco?
I guess many of teenagers realize that can have health problems if they continue to smoke tobacco products and they decide to quit.
How do tobacco companies encourage teen tobacco use?
By marketing their products in ways that appeal to teens - trying to make their packaging look more like candy is one way that they try to encourage teens to smoke.
What are some reasons why teens stop using tobacco?
I guess many of teenagers realize that can have health problems if they continue to smoke tobacco products and they decide to quit.
What is the percentage of teens that use smokeless tobacco?
Use of smokeless tobacco among teens had been showing a decline over the past decade-until 2009.According to the survey, current use of smokeless tobacco among 8th-graders was 3.7 percent and 6.5 percent for 10th-graders. Among 12th-graders, 8.4 percent reported using smokeless tobacco in the last month, a number not seen since 1999.
Is tvb among the more common text messages sent today?
Tvb is very common among teens who are dating. It is a shorthand way to say I love you to your sweetheart and many teens use it when texting their significant others.
What are some reasons teen stop using tobacco?
I guess many of teenagers realize that can have health problems if they continue to smoke tobacco products and they decide to quit.
Why are teens more easily addicted to tobacco than adults?
To smoke, however, is to be with the in crowd-cool, grown-up, sophisticated. By smoking, teenagers feel independent, whereas in fact they are capitulating to peer pressure. They are also being manipulated by the tobacco companies. The companies know that their future is with the youth. If youths can be made addicts in their teens, they will likely be good customers for life.
Why is bulimia nervosa common among teens?
It is a way of dealing with problems and emotional stress which teens have a lot of. It makes a person feel in control of their lives.
Where are teens exposed to ads about tobacco?
On television
How common is mental health among teens?
In general, it's quite common, but to be specific, it varies because each teenager is different.
What percentage of teenagers smoke?
Approximately 20-25% of teens smoke, at least intermittently (less, for younger teens, and more, for older teens).
Tabacco affects teenagers?
Tobacco smoke is a serious threat to the health of nonsmokers. Young smokers are more likely to report suffering an overall diminished level of health compared with non-smokers. Young smokers suffer from shortness of breath almost three times as often as teens who don't smoke, and produce phlegm more than twice as often as teens who don't smoke. Young smokers tend to be less physically fit than their non-smoking peers, fitness declining with increasing levels of tobacco consumption.
