2. Smoking during childhood and adolesence
Health problems
Increase Respiratory illness
Decreased Physical Fitness
Effects on lung growth
Effects on Maxium lung function
3. 68% begin smoking at 18 y/o or younger
85% started when turned 21 y/o
3,900 kids under 18 y/o try there 1st cigarette
950 become regular smokers
½ of them with die do to the habit
4. The 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA)
prohibited tobacco companies from advertising
their products in ways that target youth.
Since the MSA, the average youth in the U.S.
has been exposed to 559 tobacco ads.
The impact of the MSA has been weakened as
Big Tobacco switched the target of their
marketing resources to young adults, seen as a
primary role model by older teens
5. One study found that teens exposed to the
greatest amount of smoking in movies were 2.6
times more likely to start smoking.
Tobacco-free policies are a growing trend on
college campuses across the United States.
6. FDA Authority over Tobacco Products
Federal Cigarette Tax
Cessation Coverage
