Teenagers and children shouldn't smoke because it represents a risk to their health. Young people who smoke tobacco have high heartbeats, they have a low tolerance for exercise and an increased risk of damaging arteries from fatty buildups associated with heart disease. Young smokers suffer the same symptoms of nicotine withdrawal as long-time adult smokers. Seventy percent of teenagers who smoke regret they started. It has been tested by the U.S. Army that young men who smoke are more susceptible to get injured than the trainees who don't smoke. This study also found that trainees who smoked were more likely to get blisters on their feet when they marched one hundred miles, carrying eighty-pound packs.
             More teens are using drugs. The percent of teenagers who use drugs like marijuana, cocaine, uppers, hallucinogens, and cigarettes increased significantly in the last year. When healthcare professionals have the chance to tell their patients about the hazards and addictiveness of tobacco and other drugs, they miss the opportunity and don't talk about it strongly enough to make their point. Since store owners want to sell their products, they place ads near candy counters and set ads below three feet, where kids all ages can see them. Researchers also found more tobacco ads in stores near schools than in stores farther away from schools. Most of the stores are breaking the law by not putting a single anti-tobacco sign in the store. Sixty-one percent of people polled said that tobacco companies encourage teenagers to smoke. Eighty-six percent of teens say it is really easy for them to buy tobacco products.
             Many people think that black adolescents use tobacco more frequently than white teenagers. The difference between black and white teens' use of any kind of drugs is largely due to a "difference in validity." It has been proven that children in non-smoking homes have good or excellent health. On the other hand, children in smoking...