Smoking in Adolescence number of articles recently published in pc diatric and  public health journals have called attention to the rather alarming in- cidence of cigarette smoking in teen-agers broader implications of this prac- and the tice to daily living patterns and liic adjust- ment of this group survey of over recent 800 adolescents of both sexes disclosed that starting about age 14 or 15,smoking by boys becomes progressively morc common until about age 18 when 90 per cent are smoking at least occasionally The incidence in girls is somewhat less but at age 18 about C0 per cent are smoking to some degree: Positive associations have been found octwccn Tcgu lar or daily smoking &nd high frequency of visits to the school health room, frequent ron absences classes and school periorn- Smoking does ance of grade lower. not appear to be causally related but seens an  indication of way of life. MOFE Other factors  previously . have been fined a3 related to high incidence of smok- Teen-age ing adolescence smokers comparison nonsmokerz more spend timc watching TV and going to movics and They likely dances. more Il bolumie rrrii, nunber TIMN 280238
Smoking in Adolescence number of articles recently published in pc diatric and  public health journals have called attention to the rather alarming in- cidence of cigarette smoking in teen-agers and the broader implications of this prac- tice to daily living patterns and liic adjust- ment of this group recent survey of over 800 adolescents of both sexes disclosed that starting about age 14 or 15,smoking by boys becomes progressively morc common until about age 18 when 90 per cent are smoking at least occasionally The incidence in girls is somewhat less but at age 18 about C0 per cent are smoking to some degree: Positive associations have been found octwccn Tcgu lar or daily smoking &nd high frequency of visits to the school health room, frequent absences ron classes and school periorn- ance of grade lower. Smoking does not appear to be causally related but seens MOFE an  indication of way of life. Other factors  previously . have been fined a3 related to high incidence of smok- ing adolescence Teen-age smokers comparison nonsmokerz spend more timc watching TV and going to movics and dances. They more likely Il bolumie rrrii, nunber TIMN 280238