| The Tobacco Reference Guide
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| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 23 Tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs |
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| According to the 1994 Surgeon General's report 12-17 year olds who smoke were |
| three times more likely to use alcohol, eight times more likely to smoke marijuana, and |
| 22 times more likely to use cocaine, compared to nonsmokers of the same age. |
| American Lung Association Fact Sheet - Teenage Cigarette Smoking (August 1997 |
| Update) |
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| 92% of adolescent marijuana smokers also smoke cigarettes. |
| National Institute on Drug Abuse |
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| The National Institute of Drug Abuse, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse |
| reports that smokers between the ages of 12 and 17 are 23 times more likely to use |
| marijuana, 12 times more likely to use heroin, 51 times more likely to use cocaine and |
| 57 times more likely to use crack. Tobacco use thus serves as a gateway drug for |
| later illegal narcotic use. |
| Baltimore Sun, March 11, 1994, p. 12A |
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| Children ages 12 to 17 who smoke have a risk 14 times greater of having an alcohol |
| abuse problem than their nonsmoking peers. |
| Audio Digest Internal Medicine, May 17, 1995 (J. Kirchner) |
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