The Medical Freedom Channel

“It only takes young smokers two days from when they first start inhaling cigarettes to become addicted to nicotine, according to a new study. And children need only smoke seven cigarettes a month to report symptoms of dependence, according to a report in the International Herald Tribune. The study contradicts the belief that long-term smoking is necessary to develop an addiction. Researchers studied 1,246 sixth-grade volunteers in Massachusetts public schools, interviewing them 11 times over a four-year period. They also took saliva samples to determine blood levels of nicotine and link them to addictive behavior.” [editor’s note: Two issues here — (1) smoking (tobacco or otherwise) is already Illegal for children; (2) these studies seem to be playing hob with the term “addiction” - SAT] (07/31/07)