When young people start smoking

What The Study Did: Researchers in this observational study assess at what age young people ages 12 to 17 start using cigarettes.

Authors: Adriana Pérez, Ph.D., of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in Austin, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0218)

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