12 November 2012
For example, 86 percent of the participants who smoked daily between the ages of 15 and17 went on to do the same in their twenties, and 59 percent were still smoking daily in their 40s
There is already evidence of harm associated with e-cigarettes, so greater control and regulation of them is warranted. Yang recently received an award from the American Lung Association in California to evaluate efforts to urge smoking restrictions in multiunit housing complexes in Buena Park, as well as in outdoor dining areas in Laguna Niguel and Tustin
But over the past two decades, the study found, there has been a change in cigarette smoking behavior: the age at which people tend to start smoking has drifted upwards, from the mid-teens to the later teens and even into young adulthood
"Even in low-income and developing countries, the societal reinforcement of smoking, the basic addictive qualities of nicotine, and the maturation of children and children's judgment through adolescence are universal," he said
