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Reasons for
Tobacco Use and Symptoms of Nicotine Withdrawal Among Adolescent and Young Adult Tobacco
Users
MMWR Highlights
October 21, 1994 / Vol. 43 / No. 41
- Like adults, young people become addicted to the nicotine in cigarettes
and smokeless tobacco and experience withdrawal symptoms when trying to quit.
- Three-quarters of young people who are daily cigarette smokers or smokeless
tobacco users report that they continue to use tobacco because they find it hard to
quit.
- More than 90% of young people who use tobacco daily experience at least one
symptom of nicotine withdrawal (e.g., difficulty concentrating, irritability, cigarette
cravings) when they have tried to quit.
- Teenagers are as likely as young adults to experience increasing levels of
nicotine addiction as their exposure to nicotine increases.
- Most people could be prevented from
becoming addicted if they could be kept tobacco-free during adolescence.
- Public health
policies that can support this goal include strictly enforcing the prohibition of tobacco
sales to minors, reducing the exposure of young people to tobacco advertising and
promotion, and increasing the real prices of tobacco products.
Reasons for Tobacco Use and Symptoms of Nicotine
Withdrawal Among Adolescent and Young Adult Tobacco Users--United States,
1993
43(41):745-750, October 21, 1994
(Background Information)
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