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FIVE THINGS TO WATCH IN THE HEALTH WORLD

                               [1] EARLY NICOTINE ADDICTION     The first puff of cigarette could be enough to hook a young teenager into addiction. The extraordinary findings upend the prevailing view about nicotine addiction being a slowly acquired process that occurs only after several years of heavy smoking.      In a study of 1,200 teenagers over approximately six years, researchers found that physical addiction is a much stronger force than peer pressure, even among those who smoked only rarely, the paper said.      According to the study, nicotine dependence symptoms appear in many young tobacco users between the first exposure to nicotine and the onset of daily smoking. The researchers say that antismoking campaigns should be adapted not only to help youths resist the pressure to smoke but also to help those who have smoked to overcome nicotine dependence.                                     [2] RAGE IS BAD FOR YOU         According to Valentina D’ Urs