Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
Eighty percent of adult smokers started smoking long before they were 18 years old. Although the number of adult smokers in the U.S. has been decreasing, tobacco use among our youth has been on the rise. It saddens me to see even one young person lighting up. Nonetheless, it happens every day here in Georgia. Surveys tell us that thirty-five percent of all Georgia high school students smoke.