Approximately 90% of smokers have already started smoking by age 18, according to the Surgeon General.
“Of every three young smokers, only one will quit, and one of the remaining smokers will die from tobacco-related causes,” according to the Surgeon General’s 2012 report, “Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults.”
The key is to “try to reduce the number of young people who ever try a cigarette,” said Dr. Michael Steinberg, director of the Tobacco Dependence Program at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Source: CNN.com