But All the Cool Kids Are Doing It...

There are many reasons people fall into the nicotine trap, besides the fact that tobacco companies place ads in unavoidable places and spoon feed society the perks in lighting up. What is commonly overlooked (and quite shockingly if you ask us) are the severe health risks and opened doors associated with cigarettes.

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Healthcare, in 2009, 70 million Americans, aged 12 or older, used a tobacco product at least once in the month prior to the survey. Aged 12 or older!! Isn’t the legal age to purchase tobacco products 18? And of those 70 million people, how many actually know what nicotine does to the human body?

Furthermore, studies published in the International Journal of Addiction and the British Journal of Addiction note that tobacco is the kind of gateway drug that leads to the use of other addictive drugs, but also more likely to increase in use.

For an in depth rundown on the negative health effects and addictive drug correlation from nicotine use, see full post here


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