In Adolescents, Addiction to Tobacco Comes Easy
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Teenagers can get hooked on one cigarette, a doctor warns.
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NEW YORK  - Getting teenagers more active   in school life may lower the odds that they will smoke, drink,   use drugs or have sex, a new study suggests.
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First graders who misbehave in school may be more likely to be regular smokers as young adults, according to new study findings.
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Have you, friends or family members tried to quit smoking or chewing only to start again? Tobacco is a highly addictive substance, making it difficult for users to quit smoking or chewing even though they know it is a deadly product.
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Children exposed to passive smoking have  a higher risk of developing lung cancer later in life than  other youngsters, according to new research.
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NEW YORK  - Sudden heart attack or "acute myocardial infarction" is quite rare among adolescents, but when it does occur it is often associated with drug abuse and tobacco use, and males are at much greater risk than are females, according to researchers.
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NEW YORK  - Teenage girls who start dieting are nearly two times more likely to also take up smoking regularly, compared with teenage girls who are not dieting. Among teenage boys, it is the inactive dieters -- those that tried dieting but didn't stick to it -- that are at risk for taking up smoking.
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Researchers have found a key brain receptor responsible for the pleasing and addicting effects of nicotine, a breakthrough that could lead to medication to help people kick the habit.
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Nicotine vaccine looks to help smokers kick the habit.
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Teen binge-drinkers are more likely to use drugs, become alcoholics and have criminal convictions, research shows.
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People who find it difficult to clear nicotine from their body may be more vulnerable to getting hooked on smoking, research suggests.
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WASHINGTON - Researchers in California, using genetically modified mice, say they&#39;re closing in on understanding exactly what makes nicotine in tobacco so addictive.
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A new study has found that chewing tobacco may be almost as effective as cigarettes in delivering nicotine and carcinogens.
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The telltale signs are ominous: teens holing up in their rooms, ignoring friends, family, even food and a shower, while grades plummet and belligerence soars. The culprit isn't alcohol or drugs. It's video games, which for certain kids can be as powerfully addictive as heroin, some doctors contend.
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Children exposed to passive smoking have a higher risk of developing lung cancer later in life than other youngsters, according to new research.
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Hundreds of thousands of  U.S. youngsters under the age of 18 start using tobacco each  year as a direct result of it being featured in films, videos,  advertising and give-away samples, a report said on Monday.
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The percentage of teenage girls who drink alcoholic beverages is rising faster than that of boys, and on average, the girls take their first drink at age 13, the American Medical Association