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Effect of One Cigarette Can Last Three Years

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Statistics show that people who try even one cigarette have a higher chance of becoming regular smokers than those who do not, and this effect can last for up to three years. 
 
Part of this vulnerability could be due to psychological reasons, but scientists speculate that nicotine could affect brain pathways for coping mechanisms for stress or depression, raising the chance of repeat smoking. 
 
The finding is important with regard to efforts to prevent smoking in young people.

Smoking might have 'sleeper effect'

CNN - 5/25/2006 12:11 PM

LONDON (Reuters) -- Trying just one cigarette may not be so harmless for non-smokers after all.
 
Scientists have discovered that a single cigarette has a "sleeper effect" that can increase a person's vulnerability for three years or more to becoming a regular smoker
 
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