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You're right one won't hurt but it wont do me any good either . . .        All the adults I know that smoke wished they never started. Besides, being grown up means being independent, what's independent about smoking? . . .        No way - cigarettes are so last season . . .        If you were my friend you wouldn't be asking me to do something that could hurt me . . .        No way - nobody smokes anymore. I'm in the majority mate . . .        
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Myth - Smoking won’t do anything to me until I’m older

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Busted:

Ok, so yeah cancers and heart disease take a while to show up, but the earlier a person starts smoking, the sooner cigarettes start to rot their body.  Some things that happen to even the youngest of smokers almost straight away include bad breath, yellow teeth, yellow fingers, smelly hair and clothes, shortness of breath, wheezing, reduced fitness and more coughs and colds.

Find out more about the health effects of smoking.

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