SMOKING I don't smoke, but the people I have asked about why they smoke have answered that it helps them cope with stress. But along with this all of them had said they would like to quit. People start smoking for many different reasons, some of them being stress, anxiety, and low self-esteem. The average teen smoker smokes their first full cigarette by the time they are 13 years old. This is a time in their …showed first 75 words of 752 total…

…showed last 75 words of 752 total…to what alcohol can do, it is something they all want to try. References: Harvard Health Letter , April 2002 v27 i6, Alcohol-Lift a Glass(But Not Too Many) to Health. Drug Watch International, http://www.drugwatch.org , Alcohol and Tobacco: Two Dangerous Gateway Drugs. Clinical Reference System, 2000 , Alcohol-Related Problems Pg 49 Cooper, Phyllis G., 2000, Hazard of Smoking, Clinical Reference Systems p765 Brooks, Anne Marie, Jan 1993, Gateway drugs, Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication v19 n5 p6-14