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__ how does smoking addiction starts? __ ﻿info from: [] Smoking addiction starts out innocently, which can probably emanate from a harmless bout of curiosity. A person who gets hooked into the habit finds himself slowly but surely craving for the cigarette on a regular basis. At first, there is tolerable ability to resist taking a smoke. The onset of smoking addiction only begins when the person starts to have some emotional attachments to the habit of smoking. __Posted by: Miguel__

information from: http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/cig_tob/regulatory.html __Posted by: Veronica__

In 1997, the Texas Legislature enacted a bill __[|(SB 55)] __ that made it illegal to sell tobacco products to minors - those younger than 18 years of age. Anyone 27 years old or younger must present a valid identification before buying tobacco products. Warning signs must be posted at each retailer's location. Retailers must notify employees of the law, and obtain their signatures as record of the notification. Vendors may be certified to train employers and employees engaged in the retail sales of cigarettes or tobacco products. (See __[|Rule 3.1203] __ for more details.) Vendors must make application to the comptroller's office on a prescribed application form. The comptroller's office will review qualified applications and certify vendors interested in providing a seller training program.

by: Veronica and Miguel 25/05/2011

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[|link] Now in some places of the world, under age smokers cant buy cigarrtes everywere. 27 years and up are allowed if they have the id card. It is also obligatory to use warming sings in the salling place and in the cigarrete box.

**__survey to batch: question 2 "were did you started smokig, and why": __**

The mayority sayd they started smoking at parties, wich is very possible it is a place far away from parents and neer smokers. The ones who did smoked sayd they started smokink because of peer presure, family and curiosity (that were the most common answers)

__ web page: __[] The smoking addiction starts innocently because children want to try how does it feel but when they start to smoke more and more cigarrettes they start to get addicted to it. When they are addicted they need to smoke to be calm and is very difficult for them to stop because the nicotine has an effect on the body that relax it so you feel very good and that feeling is addictive because when that effect stop you start to feel bad because when you had the effect you think you don't have problems and when it stops all the problems appear again so you want to feel that you don't have problems so you smoke again.

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__ Prior Knowledge: __ Function "How does underage smoking work": It starts when underage kids start to smoke in close and public places, and it becomes passive or second hand smoke. That is practically smoking even thought if the person doesn't light a cigarette or smoke the cigarette its the same because they are inhaling the smoke, its even worst because the smokers are exhaling that used air and the people around are inhaling it. Smokers become addict to smoking because the substances the cigarette contains which manly are nicotine, their body starts to need it so they cant stop. the smoke isn't healthy or good for the human body so it makes people get sick even worst if the person suffer breathing problems such as asthma. Smoking in younger ages has become very popular nowadays at party's.

posted by: Maria Antonia and Mariana 17-05-11