Teens who smoke are 13 times more likely to use marijuana

[Rio Fantastic]

Daily Dose: Teens Who Smoke More Likely To Drink, Take Drugs


A new report released Tuesday said that nicotine can make teens more vulnerable to alcohol and drug addiction, and to mental illness.The nicotine affects chemical and structural changes in teenagers' developing brains.The study was done by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.Among the statistics, teens who smoke are more than five times more likely to drink and 13 times more likely to use marijuana.

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I've seen you post a lot of news stories without a link back to the source, you should probably start including those

[cra$h]

ironicly, my friend started smoking weed 1st, then drank alcohol, and swore he would never smoke cigs since they're addictive. a couple months later he found himself broke, looking for cig money. but luckily he quit cigs before he seriosly got addicted. and what got him into cigs? his friend saying you get higher and stay high longer if you smoke a cig once high. but he has found that when drunk, cigarrets make your drunk much better

[Joe Duffy]

A little bit of information about The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA)

"http://www.alcoholfacts.org/CASAAlcoholStatisticsAbuse.html"

[chrisn]

From what I've seen at college, the reverse often happens. Tons of students claim "I only smoke cigarettes when I'm drunk!" That may be true at first, but kids in college like to get drunk a lot, so without realizing it they start to smoke more and more cigarettes. They eventually get addicted without even realizing it.

[Revancheshepherd]

Originally Posted by Rio Fantastic

Daily Dose: Teens Who Smoke More Likely To Drink, Take Drugs


A new report released Tuesday said that nicotine can make teens more vulnerable to alcohol and drug addiction, and to mental illness.The nicotine affects chemical and structural changes in teenagers' developing brains.The study was done by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.Among the statistics, teens who smoke are more than five times more likely to drink and 13 times more likely to use marijuana.

some people are predispositioned to have an addictive personality
perhaps its bound to happen anyways

SWIM started smoking marijuana before cigarettes
cigarettes were a social party thing
now SWIM is trying hard to cease smoking of cigarettes

[Nature Boy]

So the old saying goes again, correlation does not imply causation.