1. Many young kids start smoking at school, led on by their friends. 2. Boys and girls and smoking Peer pressure is not the only reason teenagers start smoking. 3. Females were more likely than males to say people their age start smoking because of peer pressure. 4. Fewer Japanese start smoking each year as the health hazards -- lung cancer, heart attacks and the rest -- finally sink in. 5. If a settlement is reached, people who start smoking will have gradually diminished legal recourse over time, the people said. 6. Most who start smoking become addicted but can quit. 7. The number of American teen-agers who start smoking has fallen by a striking one-third in two years, the government reported. |