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Could Smoking During Teenage Damage The Body?

will taking one or two puffs of a cigarette when your 16 years old just once stunt the growth of your height lungs and heart.I am fit and healthy and do a lot of cycling and when should a sore throat from trying smoking last and will it have done any damage to my body
Mon, 12 Jan 2015
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Yes, but it's really really bad on the addiction part. People who start earlier have a much much harder time getting off of cigarettes.
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Could Smoking During Teenage Damage The Body?

Yes, but it s really really bad on the addiction part. People who start earlier have a much much harder time getting off of cigarettes.