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Teen cigarette smoking is linked to brain damage, alcohol and illegal drug use as well as mental illness.

It's the nicotine. It poses a significant danger of structural and chemical changes in developing brains that can make teens more vulnerable.

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse says that compared to 12- to 17-year olds who do NOT smoke, those who do:

1. five times more likely to drink

2. 13 times more likely to use marijuana.

3. twice as likely to suffer depression

4. more likely to have panic attacks and general anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders 

Those who start smoking before 12 -

5. More than three times likelier to binge drink;

6. Nearly 15 times likelier to smoke marijuana; and

7. Nearly seven times likelier to use other illegal drugs such as heroin and cocaine.

Solution -

Put out the cigarette.

Mom, dad....put out the cigarette.

Do you smoke?

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