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On Science: Addicting Kids to Nicotine ArticleOn Science: Addicting Kids to Nicotine Article
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9th - 10th
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On Science: Addicting Kids to Nicotine

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Summarizing research found at the Mayo Clinic, this article explains why kids, who have only smoked a few cigarettes, "experience the same symptoms of nicotine addiction as adults who smoke heavily." Learn about how nicotine affects the central nervous system and how addiction can happen very quickly.

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tobacco

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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