McKinley Andrew
Issue Brief Health Policy Track Serv. 2003 Dec 31:1-16.
The use of tobacco products by adolescents concerns advocacy organizations, state departments of public health, state legislatures and tobacco manufacturers. Research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concludes that more than half of all smokers begin smoking before the age of 14, and 90 percent begin by age 19. The average age of first use is between age 13 and age 14. The earlier adolescents use tobacco, the more likely they are to use it as adults and the longer potential time they have to become habitual users. Both the duration and the amount of tobacco use are related to eventual chronic health problems, and these chronic health problems add to the states' medical costs. For instance, the treatment of tobacco-related illnesses collectively cost the states $50 billion to $75 billion annually
青少年使用烟草制品引起了倡导组织、州公共卫生部门、州立法机构和烟草制造商的关注。疾病控制与预防中心开展的研究得出结论，超过半数的吸烟者在14岁之前就开始吸烟，90%的吸烟者在19岁之前开始吸烟。首次使用烟草的平均年龄在13岁至14岁之间。青少年越早使用烟草，他们成年后继续使用的可能性就越大，而且他们成为习惯性使用者的潜在时间就越长。烟草使用的持续时间和使用量都与最终出现的慢性健康问题有关，而这些慢性健康问题增加了各州的医疗成本。例如，与烟草相关疾病的治疗每年总共让各州花费500亿至750亿美元。
