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Dating is hard enough already--why make it harder?

Sara Bellum

Never underestimate the power of a bright white smile. NIDA’s 2008 Monitoring the Future Survey found that the vast majority of teens—75% of high school seniors—would “prefer to date people who don’t smoke.”

According to scientists at the University of Michigan, “teens should take note that becoming a smoker will make them less attractive to the great majority of the opposite sex—a high price to pay.” You can say that again! Dating is hard enough already—why smoke cigarettes and make it even harder?

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sara i know what u mean i mean im 15 and i hvent had a relationship in awhlie so at least i know someone who thinks the same way :)

okay so like i'm 21 and i've been smoking for like 9 years how do i stop?

A fairly new Web site (www.smokefree.gov) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers online advice and downloadable information to make quitting easier. Why don’t you check it out?

I don´t smoke since 7 years and i wouldn´t like to have a girlfriend that smokes.

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