Danger no smoking. (Short Stuff).

Think a couple puffs wont hurt? Well, sister, new research published in Tobacco Control shows it takes an average of just three weeks for a teen girl to get hooked, even if she only smoked two cigarettes each week. Surprised? So were the researchers. I thought kids who got hooked quickly would be the exception," says Dr. Joseph DiFranza, who conducted the study at University of Massachusetts. "As it turned out, kids who didn't get hooked quickly were the exception." What's even scarier? For a person who starts smoking as a teen, it takes 18 years to break the habit. What's smart? Never trying cigarettes in the first place.