Teen smoking linked to drinking and drug use is reported on Shrink Rap:
“If a teenager feels smoking is socially acceptable and widely practiced, they are much more likely not only to smoke, but to also drink and possibly use marijuana,” says lead author Dr. Jennifer A. Epstein, assistant professor of public health in the Division of Prevention and Health Behavior at Weill Cornell Medical College. “While the differences between how boys and girls are influenced by these social factors are subtle, they could help us develop new gender-specific educational tactics for preventing these behaviors.”…more at Shrink Rap
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I can only report from experience, grew up in the 60’s and started “partying” in the 70’s. For me smoking cigs went to beer and then pot experimentally and then to the mind altering type of “recreational” drugs of the early 70’s. Thankfully, that part of my life did not last long. I still smoke cigs (actually quit for ten years). However, it has been the time above long since I have experienced any “it” in any way.
I have believed for sometime (no expert here!) that those prone to addiction have a “gene” strong toward or genes strong toward a particular addiction.