Myth:Smoking won't affect my health until I'm much older.
Fact: Actually, if you smoke now, it can hurt you now. Some of the harmful effects of smoking occur right away. You also need to know that smoking-related diseases can kill people at surprisingly young ages. Some of the victims are in their 30s or 40s.
http://thescooponsmoking.org/xhtml/faq.php Retrieved on August 11th, 2010.
Samantha, Bilingual Health Educator