Another thing I found:
What they found was remarkable: a 3-year "sleeper effect" for tobacco addiction. That is, a single cigarette can create "a personal propensity or vulnerability to smoke that may not become manifest without additional triggers."
What was the evidence that lead to this claim? The researchers discovered that an adolescent who had smoked just one cigarette at age 11 was twice as likely to be a regular smoker at age 14 than those who had not tried a cigarette at age 11. This was true even for the kids who did not smoke again in the intervening years.
[A]n adolescent who had smoked just one cigarette at age 11 was twice as likely to be a regular smoker at age 14 than those who had not tried a cigarette at age 11. This was true even for the kids who did not smoke again in the intervening years.
(Edited to include a bigger quote.)
[A]n adolescent who had smoked just one cigarette at age 11 was twice as likely to be a regular smoker at age 14 than those who had not tried a cigarette at age 11. This was true even for the kids who did not smoke again in the intervening years.
How can the 14 year old be considered a 'regular smoker' when he hasn't smoked in three years?
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post, even in Discussion, it goes here.