* Last year, 25 per cent of 15-year-old girls and 19 per cent of 15-year-old boys were regular smokers * Children whose parents smoke inhale nicotine equivalent to 80 cigarettes a year
* Last year, 25 per cent of 15-year-old girls and 19 per cent of 15-year-old boys were regular smokers
* Children whose parents smoke inhale nicotine equivalent to 80 cigarettes a year
* In Canada, when cigarette prices were dramatically increased, teenage smoking fell by 60 per cent.
Children who smoke are: * three times more likely to have time off school
* two to six times more susceptible to chest infections
* permanently increasing the risk of lung cancer, even if they give up later.
