It smells bad, it’s expensive, and it’ll kill you, but 11-percent of Canadian teenagers are still smokers.
That’s the verdict from a 2012 Health Canada study, which found even more young adults, 20-percent to be precise are also picking up the smokes.
Health Canada is trying to get young people on the road to quitting with some new intervention methods like quit smoking Smartphone apps, and support groups.
Smoking at a younger age puts you at a greater risk of a serious addiction as well as lung cancer and respiratory diseases as an adult.
