Teenage Years Most Dangerous for Smoking

According to one study, smoking in the teenage years can do the most damage to lung DNA. Young smokers could be putting themselves at the risk of developing cancer permanently, even if they do manage to quit later on in life. It is of vital importance to prevent teenagers from smoking, or to help them quit if they do start.

Smoking does damage to the body right from the start, the younger a person is when they start to smoke the more the damage to their DNA, according to researchers. Chemicals from tobacco smoke fuse with genes in DNA, causing mutations which are a precursor to cancer.

There are also many outside factors that can be affected by the choice to smoke. Students who smoke have be shown to be more prone to use other drugs, be violent, carry violent, exhibit suicidal behavior and take part in high-risk sexual behavior, according to reports from the American Cancer Society.

The problem is that teenagers have a tendency to be rebellious, and if they feel the need to act out, trying to stop them from engaging in any kind of negative behavior can be quite a difficult task. So these studies are damn stupid, like it or not.

[Via: newschannel5.com]

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