W.H.O. survey
Wellington reporter
Several studies show that regular smoking often begins between the ages of 10 and 12, according to the World Health Organisation. However, the critical period at which most children began to smoke was in the early teens, but efforts to deter teen-age smoking had so far met with little success.
Although almost all children in developed countries
were aware that smoking was dangerous to health, the W.H.O. said that most children were ready to try it by the time they reached their teens.
Peer pressure to smoke was the big influence on them, but another influence was parental behaviour.
The W.H.O. said that teenage smokers tended to perform less well at school than non-smokers.
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