A fair share of adult girls who are smokers became addicted to smoking when they were children. A latest study published in Indian Journal of Youth and Adolscent Health titled 'Smoking Amongst Young College Girls in Mumbai: Prevalence and Predisposing Factors,' studies thousand girls between 18 to 25 years for their smoking behaviours. Of the 1000 girls, 292 girls (29%) said that they were smokers. What is further shocking is upto 25% of those girls who smoke, took to smoking when they were between 14 to 17 years, while a majority, 69% took to smoking between 18 to 21 years. While most girls (64%) smoke less than 5 cigarettes a day - 64%, 27% smoke between 5-10 cigarettes a day, 2% of girls smoke over ten cigarettes a day.

Source: dna January 14, 2018 23:37 UTC