A surprising statistic about smoking or smokers . . .
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Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States and around the world. http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/facts_issues/tobacco_101/
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Research has shown that adult smokers usually take their first puff before age 18 and over 3,000 kids become regular smokers each day.
It shows that 18 is old to a lot of people to have smoked before. If 3.000 kids become smokers every day that means probably a good amount will be diagnosed with lung cancer.