A similar ordinance was passed in Chicago last month
Reasons why teens become addicted to nicotine more easily than adults: 90% smoking adults begin smoking by age 21, one half of adult smokers are addicted before their 18th birthday
Conclusion Oral cancer incidence and mortality are high in IndiaThe major causes of oral cancer worldwide remain tobacco in its many different forms, heavy consumption of alcohol, and, increasingly, infection with certain types of HPV
Most studies on tobacco and liver health have focused on cigarette smoking rather than smokeless tobacco products
If you have friends or relatives who have died of a tobacco-related illness, share the truth about it with your child, and discuss ways your child can say no to tobacco.
Nigel Gray, Jack Henningfield, John Seffrin and Witold Zatonski, Tobacco: Science, Policy and Public Health , Oxford University Press, second edition, 2010, 776 pages (ISBN 9780199566655)