The findings of the Japanese study suggested a lower dependency on nicotine in later life if a person started smoking after 22.
Young people should be banned from buying tobacco products until they are 22, researchers have suggested
They all completed the Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence , a standard tool to assess a the intensity of a person’s physical addiction to nicotine. Those who took up the habit before 20 reported smoking 25 cigarettes per day compared to 22 per day in the late-starter group.Of the early starters, 46% had successfully quit smoking, compared to 56% of those who started smoking at aged 20 or over.Author Dr Koji Hasegawa, of the National Hospital Organisation Kyoto Medical Centre, said: “Our results show that starting smoking early is linked with higher nicotine dependency, even in young adulthood.
In 2019, the Government unveiled its ambition to make England ‘smoke free’ by 2030, meaning only 5% of the population will smoke.
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