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Nicotinic dependence can start with the first victim
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Effect of smoking only cigarettes may not be as benign as believed most young people just starting to acquire nicotine. According to the British researchers, the negative impact of the first victim can be sustained over many years, and, in the end, lead to the development of a sustainable nicotine addiction.
In a study conducted by the London University College, was attended by more than 2,000 11 years old British schoolchildren. Monitoring of the children continued for a period of five years.
Of the 260 children, at least once tried to smoke at 11 years age 14 years were smokers 18%. Among the children who have either failed to participate in tobacco smoke at the start of the study, to 14 years of smoking had only 7%.
According to the researchers, their data suggest that one exposure to nicotine more than doubled increases the likelihood of permanent nicotine addiction in the coming years.
The observed patterns remain unidentified. Scientists are not ruling out the possibility that one of nicotine on the brain can begin pathological process resulting in a heightened sensitivity to stress and depression, which may be a desire to repeat the experiments with smoking.
It is also likely that already have experience of the first young smokers easier to cope with fear be understand and uncertainty that that they were "right" keeps cigarette and sucked cigarette smoke.
In any case, the scientists of the highest interest to the organizers of anti-smoking campaigns. The coordinator of a research project Jennifer Fidler (Jennifer Fidler) in such campaigns far greater attention must be given to measures to prevent the introduction of children and adolescents with tobacco smoke. In addition, teachers, doctors and social workers need to know that children already smoke are at risk.
The representative of the organization to protect the rights of smokers Forest Simon Clark questioned the validity of the conclusions of the study's authors. Building on the first cigarette could lead to such serious consequences sounds very doubtful, said Clark, in an interview with BBC, probably children tried to smoking in the 11 years more likely to become smokers a few years later, however, that there have not been addressed in the study the main problem is adolescent rebellion and the lack of parental attention.
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